a. First mentioned in relationship to Melchizedek – Genesis 14:18-20
b. Leader of the Anti-Gibeonite League – Joshua 10:1-5
c. King was killed by Joshua- Joshua 10:23; 12:10
d. Border between Judah and Benjamin – Joshua 15:8
e. Smitten and burned by Judah – Judges 1:8
f. Given to the Tribe of Benjamin -Joshua 18:28; I Chronicles 8:23, 3
g. Retained by the Jebusites – Joshua 15:63;Judges 1:21
h. The Levite and his concubine refused to stay here because it was Jebusite – Judges 19:10-13
i. Goliath’s head brought to Jerusalem – I Samuel 17:54
j. Made the capital of Israel by David -II Samuel 5:6-10; I Kings 2:11,I Chronicles 3:4; 11:4-9;28:1; 29:27
k. Inhabited by various tribes – I Chronicles 9:3,34
l. Several of the sons of David were born here – II Samuel 5:13-16; I Chronicles 3:5-8; 14:3-7
m. Ninth and last resting place of the Ark of the Covenant – II Samuel 6:1-19; I Chronicles 15:1-28; 23:25;
II Chronicles 1:4
n. The shields of Hadadezer brought to Jerusalem – II Samuel 8:7; I Chronicles 18:7
o. Became the home of Mephibosheth – II Samuel 9:13
p. Joab returned to Jerusalem after fighting Ammon – II Samuel 10:14; I Chronicles 19:15
q.The Bathsheba and Uriah incident occurred here – II Samuel 11:1-12:25
r. David returned to Jerusalem after fighting Ammon – II Samuel 12:26-31; I Chronicles 20:1-3
s. The Absalom revolt included Jerusalem – II Samuel 14:23-20:3
t. Joab returned to Jerusalem after the defeat of Sheba – II Samuel 20:7, 22
u. The numbering of Israel by David involved Jerusalem – II Samuel 24:8, 16; I Chronicles 21, 15-16
v. Became the forced home of Shimei, a son of Saul – I Kings 2:36-46
w. Solomon built a wall around Jerusalem – I Kings 3:1; 9:15
x. Solomon sacrificed before the Ark in Jerusalem after his prayer for wisdom was answered – I Kings 3:15;
II Chronicles 1:13
y. Solomon built the Temple and brought the Ark into the Temple in Jerusalem – I Kings 8:1-11;
I Chronicles 6:10,32;II Chronicles 2:1-7:22 (2:7, 16; 3:1; 5:2; 6:6)
z. Solomon built his own house in Jerusalem – I Kings 9:19; II Chronicles 8:6
aa. The Queen of Sheba came to Jerusalem – I Kings 10:1-10; II Chronicles 9:1-12
ab. Solomon made Jerusalem a strong, wealthy city – I Kings 10:26-27; II Chronicles 1:14-17; 9:22-28, 30
ac. Solomon’s fall involved Jerusalem – I Kings 11:1-42 (7, 13, 29, 32, 36, 42)
ad. All the kings of Judah reigned from Jerusalem
(1) Reoboam – I Kings 12:18, 21; 14:21; II Chronicles 10:18-12:16 (10:18;11:1,5,14,16;12:2,4,5,7,9,13)
(2) Abijam (Abijam) – I Kings 15:1-8; II Chronicles 13:1-22 (2)
(3) Asa – I Kings 15:9-24; II Chronicles 14:1-16:14 (14:15;15:10)
(4) Jehoshaphat – I Kings 22:41-50; II Chronicles 17:1-21:1 (17:13;19:1,4,8;20:5,15,17,18,20,27,28,31)
(5) Jehoram – II Kings 8:16-24; II Chronicles 21:1-20 (5,11,13,20)
(6) Ahaziah – II Kings 8:25-29; 9:27-28;II Chronicles 22:1-9 (1-2)
(7) Athaliah – II Kings 8:25-29; 9:27-28; II Chronicles 22:10-23:21 (23:2)
(8) Jehoash (Joash) – II Kings 11:21-12:21; II Chronicles 24:1-27 (1,6,9,18,23)
(9) Amaziah – II Kings 14:1-22; II Chronicles 25:1-28 (1,23,27)
(10) Azariah ( Uzziah) IIKings 15:1-7; II Chronicles 26:1-23 (3,9,15)
(11) Jotham – II Kings 15:32-38; II Chronicles 27:1-9 (1,8)
(12) Ahaz – II Kings 16:1-20; II Chronicles 28:1-27 (1,10,24,27)
(13) Hezekiah – II Kings 18:20:21(18:2,17,22,35;19:10,21,31); II Chronicles 29:1-32:33 (29:1,5; 30:1,2,3,5,11,13,14,21,25; 31:4; 32:2,9,10,12,18,19,22,23,25,26,33)
(14) Manasseh – II Kings 21:1-18 (1,4,7,12,13,16) II Chronicles 33:1-20 (1,4,7,9,13,15)
(15) Amon – II Kings 21:19-26; II Chronicles33:21-25 (21)
(16) Josiah – II Kings 22:1-23:30 (22:1,14; 23:1,2,4,5,6,9,13,20,23,24,27,30); II Chronicles 34:1-35:27 (34:1,3,5,7,9,22,29,39,32; 35:1,18,24)
(17) Jehoahaz – II Kings 23:31-33; II Chronicles 36:1-4
(18) Jehoiakim – II Kings 23:34-24:6; II Chronicles 36:5-8
(19) Jehoiachin (Jechoniah, Coniah) – II kings 24 ;8-17; II Chronocles 36:9-10
(20) Zedekiah – II Kings 24:18-25:7; II Chronicles 36:11-13
ae. Jeroboam built rival worship centres to Jerusalem -I Kings12:26-30
af. Taken by Shishak in the days of Rheboam – I Kings 14:25; II Chronicles 12:1-9
ag. Threatened by the Syrians – II Kings 12:14-18
ah. The north wall was broken by Jehoash the king of Israel after defeating Amaziah the king of Judah and then plundered – II Kings 14:13-14; II Chronicles 25:23-24
ai. Besieged by Israel and Syria in the days of Ahaz – II Kings 16:5; Isaiah 7:1-2
aj. Threatened by Sennacherib in the days of Hezekiah – II Kings 18:13-19:37
ak. Manasseh corrupted the city assuring divine judgement – II Kings 21:10-16; 23:26-27
al. Destroyed by Babylon in 586 – II Kings 24:1-25:17; II Chronicles 36:5-21; Jeremiah 52:1-30
am. Cyrus issued a decree allowing for the rebuilding of Jerusalem -II Chronicles 36:22-23
an. in the return, three key men played a role for Jerusalem
(1) Zerubbable – Rebuilt the Temple – Ezra 1-6
(2) Ezra – Rebuilt the spiritual values – Ezra 7-10
(3) Nehemiah – Rebuilt the city wall – Nehemiah 1-13
ao. Origin of Mordechai’s family – Esther 2:6
ap. Major theme of the prophets and poets of Israel and mentioned over 6,000 times
(1) Poetic Books – Psalm 51:18; 68:29; 79:1,3; 102:2 116:19;122:2,3,6; 125:2;128:5; 135:21; 137:5,6,7; 147:2,12; Ecclesiastes 1:1,12,16; 2:7,9; Song of Solomon 1:5; 2:7; 3:5,10; 5:8,16; 6:4; 8:1; Lamentations 1:7,8,17; 2:10,13,15; 4:12
(2) The Prophets – the only Old Testament prophets that do not mention Jerusalem are Hosea, Jonah, Nahum,Habakkuk, and Haggai
aq. It is a major area of ministry by Christ in all four gospel
as. In the New Testament Epistles it is mentioned in Romans 15:19,25 26; I Corinthians 16:3; Galatians 1:17,18; 2:1; 4:25,26; Hebrews 12:22
at. In the Revelation – 3:12; 21:2,10
au. Rabbis: Ten measures of beauty descended from Heaven; nine were taken by Jerusalem, and one by the rest of the world (B. Kiddushin 98b)
Names of the City
a. Salem – Genesis 14:18
b. Jebus – Judges 19:10
c. Jerusalem – Joshua 10:1
d. The City of God – Psalm 46:4
e. Zion – Isaiah 60:14
f. Holy City – Isaiah 52:1
g. Hephzibah – Isaiah 62:4
h. Ariel – Isaiah 29:17
i. Aelia Capitolina (Hadrian in A.D. 135)
J. Al-Kuds (Arab)
Zechariah 2:12
The Lord will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem.
• Only once in the whole Bible is Israel ever called the Holy Land, but it certainly qualifies as such all throughout God’s counsel. Today even though disputed, Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. One day in the glorious future, Jerusalem will be the capital of the world. That day is when we will see the real united nations under the leadership of the Davidic King, Yeshua the Messiah. Nothing can ever stop that from happening, not BDS, not the UN and certainly not the antichrist!
