Jebusites

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Jebusites
     the name of the original inhabitants of Jebus, mentioned
     frequently among the seven nations doomed to destruction (Gen.
     10:16; 15:21; Ex. 3:8, 17; 13:5, etc.). At the time of the
     arrival of the Israelites in Palestine they were ruled by
     Adonizedek (Josh. 10:1, 23). They were defeated by Joshua, and


     their king was slain; but they were not entirely driven out of
     Jebus till the time of David, who made it the capital of his
     kingdom instead of Hebron. The site on which the temple was
     afterwards built belonged to Araunah, a Jebusite, from whom it
     was purchased by David, who refused to accept it as a free gift
     (2 Sam. 24:16-25; 1 Chr. 21:24, 25).