Jerusalem

Called

• JEBUS Jos 18:28; Jud 19:10
• ZION 1Ki 8:1; Zec 9:13
• CITY OF DAVID 2Sa 5:7; Isa 22:9
• SALEM Ge 14:18; Ps 76:2
• ARIEL Isa 29:1
• CITY OF GOD Ps 46:4
• CITY OF THE GREAT KING Ps 48:2
• CITY OF JUDAH 2Ch 25:28
• THE PERFECTION OF BEAUTY, THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH La 2:15
• THE THRONE OF THE LORD Jer 3:17
• HOLY MOUNTAIN Da 9:16,20
• HOLY CITY Ne 11:1,18; Mt 4:5
• CITY OF SOLEMNITIES Isa 33:20
• CITY OF TRUTH Zec 8:3
• To be called
• "THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS," Jer 33:16
• JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH (margin) Eze 48:35

NEW JERUSALEM Re 21:2,10-27

Location and appearance of Ps 122:3; 125:2; So 6:4; Mic 4:8

Walls of Jer 39:4

Gates of

• Old gate, fish gate, sheep gate, prison gate Ne 3:1,3,32; 12:39

Gate of Ephraim 2Ch 25:23; Ne 12:39

Gate of Benjamin Jer 37:13; Zec 14:10

Gate of Joshua 2Ki 23:8

Old gate Ne 3:6; 12:39

Corner gate Zec 14:10

Valley gate Ne 2:13; 3:13

Dung gate Ne 2:13; 3:13; 12:31

Gate of the fountain Ne 2:14; 3:15; 12:37

Water gate Ne 3:26; 8:1; 12:37

Horse gate Ne 3:28

King's gate 1Ch 9:18

Shallecheth 1Ch 26:16

High gate 2Ch 23:20

East gate Ne 3:29

Miphkad Ne 3:31

Middle gate Jer 39:3

First gate Zec 14:10

Buildings

• High priest's palace Joh 18:15

Castle Ac 21:34

Stairs Ne 3:15

Streets

• East Street 2Ch 29:4

Street of the House of God Ezr 10:9

Street of the Water Gate of Ephraim gate Ne 8:16

Baker's Street Jer 37:21

Towers of

• See Hananeel

See Meah

See Millo

See Ophel

See Siloam

Places in and around

• Moriah 2Ch 3:1

Jesus' gravesite Joh 19:41

See Calvary

See Gethsemane

See Olives, mount of

See Jehoshaphat, valley of

See Tophet

Measurement of, in Ezekiel's vision Eze 45:6

Names of the gates of, in Ezekiel's vision Eze 48:31-34

The capital of David's kingdom by divine appointment 1Ki 15:4; 2Ki 19:34; 2Ch 6:6; 12:13

To be called God's throne Jer 3:17

The chief Levites lived in 1Ch 9:34

The high priest lived at Joh 18:15

Annual feasts kept at Eze 36:38; with De 16:16

And Ps 122:3-5; Lu 2:41; Joh 4:20; 5:1; 7:1-14; 12:20; Ac18:21

Prayers of the Israelites made toward 1Ki 8:38; Da 6:10

Beloved Ps 122:6; 137:1-7; Isa 62:1-7

See Country, love of

See Patriotism

Oaths taken in the name of Mt 5:35

Melchizedek was the ancient king and priest of Ge 14:18

King of, joined with the four other kings of the Amorites against Joshua and the armies of IsraelJos 10:1-5

Confederated kings defeated, and the king of Jerusalem killed by JoshuaJos 10:15-26

Falls to Benjamin in the allotment of the land of Canaan Jos 18:28

Conquest of, made by David 2Sa 5:7

The inhabitants of, not expelled Jos 15:63; Jud 1:21

Conquest of Mount Zion in, made by David 1Ch 11:4-6

The citadel of Mount Zion, occupied by David, and called the CITY OF DAVID2Sa 5:5-9; 1Ch 11:7

The ark of the covenant brought to, by David 2Sa 6:12-19

The threshing floor of Araunah within the citadel of 2Sa 24:16

David purchases and erects an altar upon Araunah's threshing floor2Sa 24:16-25

The city built around the citadel 1Ch 11:8

Fortified by Solomon 1Ki 3:1; 9:15

The temple built within the citadel

• See Temple

Captured and pillaged by

• Shishak, king of Egypt 1Ki 14:25,26; 2Ch 12:9
• Jehoash, king of Israel 2Ki 14:13,14; 2Ch 25:23,24
• Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon 2Ki 24:8-16; 25:1-17; 2Ch 36:17-21; Jer 1:3; 32:2; 39;52:4-7,12-24; La 1:5-8; 2Ch 26:9,10
• Walls of, restored and fortified by
• Uzziah 2Ch 26:9,10
• Jotham 2Ch 27:3
• Manasseh 2Ch 33:14

Water supply brought in from the Gihon brook by Hezekiah 2Ki 18:17; 20:20; 2Ch 32:3,4,30; Ne 2:13-15; Isa 7:3;22:9-11; 36:2

Besieged by

• Pekah 2Ki 16:5
• The Philistines 2Ch 21:16,17
• Sennacherib 2Ki 18:13-37; 19:20-37; 2Ch 32

Rebuilding of, ordered by proclamation of Cyrus 2Ch 36:23; Ezr 1:1-4

Rebuilt by Nehemiah under the direction of Artaxerxes Ne 2; 3; 4; 5; 6

Wall of, dedicated Ne 12:27-43

Temple restored

• See Temple

Roman rulers who resided in

• Herod (Herod the Great) Mt 2:3
• Pontius Pilate Mt 27:2; Mr 15:1; Lu 23:1-7; Joh 18:28,29
• Herod (Herod Agrippa I) Ac 12:1-23

Life and miracles of Jesus connected with

• See Jesus, history of

Gospel first preached at Mic 4:2; Lu 24:47; Ac 1:4; 2:14

A revival occurs on Pentecost day at Ac 2

Stephen martyred at Ac 6:8-15; 7

Disciples persecuted and dispersed from Ac 8:1-4; 11:19-21

(For personal incidents occurring therein, see the biographies of individuals)

See Also israelites

Wickedness of Lu 13:33,34

Catalogue of abominations in Eze 22:3-12,25-30; 23; 33:25,26

Led Judah to sin Mic 1:5

Prophecies against Isa 3:1-8; Jer 9:11; 19:6,15; 21:10; 26:9,11; Da 9:2,27;Mic 1:1; 3:12

Of pestilence, famine, and war in Jer 34:2; Eze 5:12; Joe 3:2,3; Am 2:5

Of the destruction of Jer 7:32-34; 26:18; 32:29,31,32; Da 9:24-27

Destruction of, foretold by Jesus Mt 23:37,38; 24:15; Mr 13:14-23; Lu 13:35; 17:26-37;19:41-44; 21:20-24

Prophecies of the rebuilding of Isa 44:28; Jer 31:38-40; Eze 48:15-22; Da 9:25; Zec14:8-11

Of final restoration of Joe 3:20,21; Zec 2:2-5; 8

HISTORICAL NOTICES OF

• Melchizedek was ancient king of Ge 14:18