Jerusalem
This map shows the great city of Jerusalem where Jesus
visited the temple as a boy. Many things happened in the
city of Jerusalem throughout the Bible. Jerusalem was
captured by Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament, David
established Jerusalem as his capital, Solomon built the
temple, and Jesus visited the city many times throughout
his life....
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JE-RU`SA-LEM (vision of peace)
If not the Salem of Gen. 14:18, certainly the Jebus of
the Old Testament until the time of David when the name
Jerusalem was fully adopted. Situated in the southern
portion of Benjamin, twenty-four miles from the Jordan
and thirtyseven miles from the Mediterranean Sea near the
summit of a broad mountain ridge. P...
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I. The Name.
1. In Cuneiform:
The earliest mention of Jerusalem is in the Tell el-Amarna
Letters (1450 BC), where it appears in the form Uru-sa-lim;
allied with this we have Ur-sa-li-immu on the Assyrian
monuments of the 8th century BC.
The most ancient Biblical form is yerushalem, shortened in
Ps 76:2 (compare Gen 14:18) to Salem, but in Masso...
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IV. General Topography of Jerusalem.
From the foregoing description of the "natural site," it
will be seen that we have to deal with 5 natural
subdivisions or hills, two on the western and three on the
eastern ridges.
1. Description of Josephus:
In discussing the topography it is useful to commence with
the description of Josephus, wherein he g...
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VII. Antiquarian Remains Connected with the Water-Supply.
In a city like Jerusalem, where the problem of a water-
supply must always have been one of the greatest, it is only
natural that some of the most ancient and important works
should have centered round it. The three sources of supply
have been (1) springs, (2) cisterns, (3) aqueducts.
1. ...
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IX. History.
Pre-Israelite period.--The beginnings of Jerusalem are long
before recorded history: at various points in the
neighborhood, e.g. at el Bukei`a to the Southwest, and at
the northern extremity of the Mount of Olives to the
Northeast, were very large settlements of Paleolithic man,
long before the dawn of history, as is proved by the...
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(Hierousalem kaine): This name occurs in Rev 21:2 (21:10,
"holy city"). The conception is based on prophecies which
predict a glorious future to Jerusalem after the judgment
(Isa 52:1). In Revelation, however, it is not descriptive of
any actual locality on earth, but allegorically depicts the
final state of the church ("the bride," "the wife ...
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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 C...
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(the habitation of peace), Jerusalem stands in latitude 31
degrees 46' 35" north and longitude 35 degrees 18' 30" east
of Greenwich. It is 32 miles distant from the sea and 18
from the Jordan, 20 from Hebron and 36 from Samaria. "In
several respects," says Dean Stanley, "its situation is
singular among the cities of Israel. Its elevation is
r...
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called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the "city of God," the
"holy
city;" by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning "the
holy;" once
"the city of Judah" (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in
the original
in the dual form, and means "possession of peace,"
or
"foundation of peace." The dual form probably refers
to the two
mountains on which it was built, ...
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