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)