But the man wouldn't stay that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus (the same is Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of donkeys saddled; his concubine also was with him.
"Over against Jebus" (the same is Jerusalem)  (Judges 19:10).  In the Conquest, Joshua had indeed captured this city  (Joshua 10:23; 12:10); "But the Israelites had withdrawn and left the city entirely to the Jebusites who continued to hold it until David captured it and made it his capital  (2 Samuel 5:6)."[6]  Jerusalem was only a couple of hours traveling time from Bethlehem.