JERUSALEM
JERUSALEM
JERUSALEM
- The ancient Salem # Ge 14:18 Ps 76:2
- The ancient Jebusi or Jebus # Jos 15:8 18:28 Jud 19:10
- The king of, defeated and slain by Joshua # Jos 10:5-23
- Allotted to the tribe of Benjamin # Jos 18:28
- Partly taken and burned by Judah # Jud 1:8
- THE JEBUSITES 6a) Formerly dwelt in
# Jud 19:10,11
6b) Held possession of, with Judah and Benjamin # Jos 15:63 Jud 1:21 6c) Finally dispossessed of, by David # 2Sa 5:6-8 7) Enlarged by David # 2Sa 5:9 8) Made the royal city # 2Sa 5:9 20:3 9) Specially chosen by God # 2Ch 6:6 Ps 135:21 10) The seat of government under the Romans for a time # Mt 27:2,19 11) Roman government transferred from, to Caesarea # Ac 23:23,24 25:1-13 12) CALLED 12a) City of God # Ps 46:4 48:1 12b) City of the Lord # Isa 60:14 12c) City of Judah # 2Ch 25:28 12d) City of the great king # Ps 48:2 Mt 5:5 12e) City of solemnities # Isa 33:20 12f) City of righteousness # Isa 1:26 12g) City of truth # Zec 8:3 12h) A city not forsaken # Isa 62:12 12i) Faithful city # Isa 1:21,26 12j) Holy city # Ne 11:1 Isa 48:2 Mt 4:5 12k) Throne of the Lord # Jer 3:17 12l) Zion # Ps 48:12 Isa 33:20 12m) Zion of the holy one of Israel # Isa 60:14 13) Surrounded by mountains # Ps 125:2 14) Surrounded by a wall # 1Ki 3:1 15) Protected by forts and bulwarks # Ps 48:12,13 16) Entered by gates # Ps 122:2 Jer 17:19-21 17) Hezekiah made an aqueduct for # 2Ki 20:20 18) Spoils of war placed in # 1Sa 17:54 2Sa 8:7 19) DESCRIBED AS 19a) Beautiful for situation # Ps 48:2 19b) Compact # Ps 122:3 19c) Comely # So 6:4 19d) The perfection of beauty # La 2:15 19e) Joy of the whole earth # Ps 48:2 La 2:15 19f) Princess among the provinces # La 1:1 19g) Great # Jer 22:8 19h) Populous # La 1:1 19i) Full of business and tumult # Isa 22:3 19j) Wealth, &c in the time of Solomon # 1Ki 10:26,27 20) Protected by God # Isa 31:5 21) Instances of God’s care and protection of # 2Sa 24:16 2Ki 19:32-34 2Ch 12:7 22) The temple built in # 2Ch 3:1 Ps 68:29 23) THE JEWS 23a) Went up to, at the feasts # Lu 2:42 Ps 122:4 23b) Loved # Ps 137:5,6 23c) Lamented the affliction of # Ne 1:2-4 23d) Prayed for the prosperity of # Ps 51:18 122:6 23e) Prayed towards # Da 6:10 1Ki 8:41 24) Wickedness of # Isa 1:1-4 Jer 5:1-5 Mic 3:10 25) Idolatry of # 2Ch 28:4 Eze 8:7-10 26) Wickedness of, the cause of its calamities # 2Ki 21:12-15 2Ch 24:18 La 1:8 Eze 5:5-8 27) Was the tomb of the prophets # Lu 13:33,34 28) CHRIST 28a) Preached in # Lu 21:37,38 Joh 18:20 28b) Did many miracles in # Joh 4:45 28c) Publicly entered, as king # Mt 21:9,10 28d) Lamented over # Mt 23:37 Lu 19:41 28e) Put to death at # Lu 9:31 Ac 13:27,29 29) Gospel first preached at # Lu 24:47 Ac 2:14 30) Miraculous gift of the Holy Spirit first given at # Ac 1:4 2:1-5 31) Persecution of the Christian church commenced at # Ac 4:1 8:1 32) First Christian council held at # Ac 15:4,6 33) CALAMITIES OF, MENTIONED 33a) Taken and plundered by Shishak # 1Ki 14:25,26 2Ch 12:1-4 33b) Taken and plundered by Jehoash king of Israel # 2Ki 14:13,14 33c) Besieged but not taken by Rezin and Pekah # Isa 7:1 2Ki 16:5 33d) Besieged but not taken by Sennacherib # 2Ki 18:17 19:1-37 33e) Taken and made tributary by Pharaoh-Necho # 2Ki 23:33-35 33f) Besieged by Nebuchadnezzar # 2Ki 24:10,11 33g) Taken and burned by Nebuchadnezzar # 2Ki 25:1-30 Jer 39:1-8 33h) Threatened by Sanballat # Ne 4:7,8 34) Rebuilt after the captivity by order of Cyrus # Ezr 1:1-4 35) PROPHECIES RESPECTING 35a) To be taken by king of Babylon # Jer 20:5 35b) To be made a heap of ruins # Jer 9:11 26:18 35c) To be a wilderness # Isa 64:10 35d) To be rebuilt by Cyrus # Isa 44:26-28 35e) To be a quiet habitation # Isa 33:20 35f) To be a terror to her enemies # Zec 12:2,3 35g) Christ to enter, as king # Zec 9:9 35h) The gospel to go forth from # Isa 2:3 40:9 35i) To be destroyed by the Romans # Lu 19:42-44 35j) Its capture accompanied by severe calamities # Mt 24:21,29 Lu 21:23,24 35k) Signs preceding its destruction # Mt 24:6-15 Lu 21:7-11,25,28 36) ILLUSTRATIVE 36a) Of the church # Ga 4:25,26 Heb 12:22 36b) Of the church glorified # Re 3:12 21:2,10 36c) (Its strong position,) of saints under God’s protection # Ps 125:2