Kommentar zu Schoftim 1:21
וְאֶת־הַיְבוּסִי֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב יְרֽוּשָׁלִַ֔ם לֹ֥א הוֹרִ֖ישׁוּ בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב הַיְבוּסִ֜י אֶת־בְּנֵ֤י בִנְיָמִן֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ (ס)
Aber den Jebusi, den Bewohner von Jerusalem, trieben die Söhne Benjamin nicht aus, und es wohnte der Jebusi bei den Sohnen Benjamin in Jerusalem bis auf diesen Tag.
Rashi on Judges
But the Yevusi dwellers of Yerushalayim. There was a section of Yerushalayim24The reference here is not to members of the Yevusite nation, as Rashi explains that they were descendants of the Pelishte king Avimelech. Cf.Rashi to Yehoshua, 16:63, and Shmuel 2, 5:6. entitled Yevusi. They were descendants of Avimelech,25The Pelishite king (Bereishis, 21:32, 26:8). The patriarch Avrohom swore that he would deal kindly with him and his children and grandchildren. (Ibd, 21:23). Avrohom’s descendants were obligated by the oath as well. Cf.Midrash Rabah, Bereishis, 54:2. and they could not oust them because of the oath—until the arrival of Dovid26When Avimelech’s grandchildren no longer survived. (Rashi to Shmueil 2, 5:8)—as his27Avimelech’s grandson. grandson still lived, and he28Avrohom had sworn. had sworn to him, his son, and his grandson.
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