According to the Hebrew Bible, the Jebusites (Hebrew יְבוּסִי, Standard Hebrew Yəvusi, Tiberian Hebrew Yəḇûsî) were a Canaanite tribe who inhabited the region around Jerusalem prior to its capture by King David; the Books of Kings state that Jerusalem was known as Jebus prior to this event. According to some Biblical chronologies, the event would have happened around 1004 BC, which is why the modern state of Israel issued a medal to commemorate it in 1996http://www.testimony-magazine.org/jerusalem/intro.htm (2999there is no year 0 in the BC/AD or BCE/CE systems years after 1004 BC).