siege, notable, ancient

Siege of Jebus

Name: Siege of Jebus
Location: Jerusalem, Israel

Siege of Jebus was a siege conducted in 1010 BC at Jerusalem, in what is now Israel. It was part of Template:Campaignbox Later Israelite Campaigns. The recorded result: Israelite victory.

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Jebusite wall, City of David - The Walls of the Jebusite city, prior to David's conquest. Jerusalem (before 1000 BCE) / Vjerojatne zidine jebusejskog grada prije Davidova osvajanja. Jeruzalem (prije 1. Darko Tepert Donatus, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.

Fought1010 BC

WhereJerusalem, Israel31.783N, 35.217E

OutcomeIsraelite victory

BelligerentsUnited Kingdom of IsraelagainstJebusites

Part ofTemplate:Campaignbox Later Israelite Campaigns

Record

Date	1010 BC (year precision)
Place	Jerusalem, Israel 31.783N, 35.217E
Kind	Siege, ancient
Territorial change	Jebus (Jerusalem) is established as the capital city of Israel and Judah
Commanders	David

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Jerusalem 1244, same recorded site
Siege of Jerusalem 63 BC, same recorded site
Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem AD 614, same recorded site
Siege of Jerusalem 37 BC, same recorded site
Siege of Jerusalem 1834, same recorded site

Contested ground: this site was fought over 24 times between 1010 BC and 1967.

Elsewhere in 1010 BC

War in Gilboa Israel

Siege of Jebus is one of 4 engagements of the 11th century BC in the atlas and one of 179 in present-day Israel.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7510114, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Jebus, revision 1370742109, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.