≈496 BCE – ≈1056 years after ExodusEzra compiled the scriptures in Jerusalem into the Bible.
This passage describes Ezra's key role in bringing and publicly presenting the "Book of the Law of Moses" (the Torah) to the returned exiles in Jerusalem:
≈110 BCE – ≈1442 years after ExodusJoshu, at age 36, was stoned to death in Jerusalem by those who followed heathen Gods.Excerpt: “In the thirty-sixth year of Joshu’s age he was stoned to death in Jerusalem by the Jews that worshiped the heathen Gods.”
The people conspire against him, and by order of King Joash (Jehoash), they stone him to death in the courtyard of the house of the LORD (the Temple in Jerusalem) (2 Chronicles 24:21).
The event occurs in Jerusalem, carried out by those who had turned to idolatry and abandoned pure worship of God (after Joash's early reforms ended).
War and anarchy follow idolatry and false worship in cycles described in Judges and prophets (e.g., Jeremiah 4:23–28 describes chaos and desolation; Zechariah 14:2–3 foresees nations gathered against Jerusalem in war).
Scripture compilation by Ezra: Both highlight Ezra's role in assembling and teaching sacred texts in post-exile Jerusalem (Nehemiah 8:1–8 and Ezra 7:6–10 match the 1056 years event).
Death by stoning in Jerusalem: Both include stoning of a faithful prophet in Jerusalem by corrupt leaders (2 Chronicles 24:20–22 matches the Joshu event thematically).
The inscriptions might reflect a time when Yahwistic worship was still flexible, before Judah’s later reforms under kings like Hezekiah or Josiah pushed for centralized, Yahweh-only worship in Jerusalem (e.g., Deuteronomy 12).
At that time, Jerusalem was sacked, and all Hebrew records including their laws and records of the Old Testament were burned with the temple at Jerusalem by Nebuzaradan, Nebuchadnezzar’s captain of the guard.
Between 1168 and 1169, the Crusaders, led by King Amalric of Jerusalem, attacked Tannis.
This era coincided with the Babylonian Exile (circa 586–539 BCE), during which the Jewish elite were taken captive to Babylon after the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
He writes about the allegory of Hagar and Sarah, stating, “Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present city of Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
But the Jerusalem that is above is free, and she is our mother” (Galatians 4:25-26).
The “Jerusalem above” represents a divine, spiritual relationship, one that resonates with Jesus’ concept of God as Abba.
Paul Wallis recommends the New Jerusalem Bible (Expanded Study Edition) for its transparency in translating the original names of "Lord God" such as Elohim, El Elyon, El Shaddai, Yahweh, and Adonai.
It was built at Mount Moriah, translated as “Mount of Directing.” It was the site of the futureholy city of Jerusalem, long considered a most sacred place by all major Western religions.
The Hebrew Mogen David, or Star of David, is of Babylonian origin and is indicative of howBabylonian/Sumerian culture was blended with Hebrew religion during the Jews’ captivity in Babylon.And it was in the Temple at Jerusalem that Jesus turned violent against the money changers.
Moreover, the interpretations of the Old Testament found in the Dead Sea Scrolls illuminate the ways in which the interpretations of James and the Jerusalem Christians devoted to the teachings of Jesus differed bom those of Paul and his followers outside Palestine.
As leaders of the Jerusalem church, Jesus’s brother James and Mary Magdalene were at odds withPaul, who was bringing his version of Christianity to the gentiles to the north.
Christians in churches scattered bom Asia Minor to Greece, Jerusalem, and Rome split into factions, arguing over church leadership.
Revelation of John: The vision of the New Jerusalem, a cube-shaped structure descending from the sky.
The Book of Revelation describes the New Jerusalem as a cube-shaped structure descending from the sky, equipped with resources to sustain life and artificial light.
Gehenna was a trash dump near Jerusalem, constantly burning, while Hades referred to the Greek underworld.
Located in the Judean Desert between Jericho and Jerusalem, St.
The Western Wall in Jerusalem is a sacred remnant of the Second Temple.
Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic point to a common source as much as Sanscrit, Greek, and Latin; and unless we can bring ourselves to doubt that the Hindoos, the Greeks, the Romans, and the Teutons derived the worship of their principal deity from their common Aryan sanctuary, we shall not be able to deny that there was likewise a primitive religion of the whole Semitic race, and that El, the Strong One in heaven, was invoked by the ancestors of all the Semitic races before there were Babylonians in Babylon, Phœnicians in Sidon and Tyrus--before there were Jews in Mesopotamia or Jerusalem.
Birth: Tradition holds she was born in Jerusalem or Nazareth to her parents, Joachim and Anne.
Jerusalem View Map: Associated with her later life and the Dormition tradition.
Baal now established two more heavenly kingdoms, one over Jerusalem, and one above the Apennine mountains, off from Roma.
And the angels of Looeamong obtained Jerusalem and Athena, besides two hundred small cities with their oracle-houses and temples also.
And there were thus collected seventy-two books, and they were put on file in the king's library in Jerusalem, after the manner in which the ancients preserved important records of events, and these books were named by Ezra, The Holy Library [Holy Bible], of which number fifty-four remain to this day.
Now, it came to pass, that Joshu went into Jerusalem to preach, and in not many days thereafter, he was accused of preaching Jehovih.
Looeamong then sent messengers and a suitable escort to Jerusalem, on the earth, where Thoth was stationed at the time, with an angel host of warriors, commanding his presence before his Holy Council in Hapsendi, Looeamong's heavenly city and kingdom.
Accordingly, Gabriel applied for Jerusalem (his station), and for the heavens thereunto, and for one thousand million slaves.
From the time of Joshu's death, in Jerusalem, they began to migrate, mostly toward the west.
But Thoth was anchored in earthly possessions, in Jerusalem and Te-theas and Egupt.
And you didst inspire mortals in western Uropa to made crusades against Thoth, in order to possess Jerusalem and Te-theas, whereby millions of mortals were slain, and vast regions of country laid desolate.
Because you hast a heavenly kingdom, and withal are master on earth, of Jerusalem and Te-theas and Egupt and Punjaub, you flatterest thyself you are a great God.
The rest, who were called Jews, lived under written laws and ceremonies, which were compiled and established by Ezra, in Jerusalem, which combination of books was called the Bible, and was completed in the year 2344 B.K.
In the thirty-sixth year of Joshu's age he was stoned to death in Jerusalem by the Jews that worshiped the heathen Gods.
The priesthood had a vested interest in centralizing worship, as this would strengthen the Temple in Jerusalem, where the priestly class held authority.
By focusing on religious activity in Jerusalem and eliminating competing shrines, Hilkiah and Hezekiah worked together to centralize both political and spiritual power.
Hezekiah's reforms included destroying "high places" (Hebrew: bamot), local altars or shrines used for worship outside of the Temple in Jerusalem.
The ultimate goal of Hezekiah’s reforms was to centralize religious worship in Jerusalem.
The Bible credits his adherence to Yahweh with protecting Jerusalem during the Assyrian invasion under Sennacherib.
This culminated in the miraculous deliverance of Jerusalem when, according to the account, an angel struck down 185,000 Assyrian soldiers.
Several scholars settle on around 70 CE, the year the Romans destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem.
Location: Jerusalem, Israel View Map
Their presence in such an ancient context provides intriguing possibilities regarding the history of Jerusalem.
Later it was kept in the Temple in Jerusalem.
Some scholars suggest that it could have been used by different groups, including the Israelites at certain periods, as a place of worship before the centralization of cultic practices in Jerusalem.
Nelson touched on the historical and spiritual aspects of the Celts, tying them back to the Middle East, particularly Jerusalem and Galilee, indicating a connection to ancient civilizations.
Gafni recounts a personal anecdote about learning this concept from a teacher in Jerusalem.
David reigned as king for 40 years, about 7 years in Hebron and 33 years in Jerusalem.
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
Solomon reigned for 40 years in Jerusalem.
And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years.
Key places: Jericho View, Jerusalem View
When the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah.
Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
Adonizedec, king of Jerusalem, heard of Ai and Gibeon.
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
David went against the Jebusites of Jerusalem.
And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer.
Key Locations: Jericho View Map, Jerusalem View Map
Key Locations: Jerusalem View Map, Hebron View Map
They formed the kingdoms of Israel and Judah, with Jerusalem as the capital.
Cyrus allowed the exiles to go up to Jerusalem and rebuild the Temple (Ezra 1:1-3).
Key Locations: Rome View Map, Jerusalem View Map during the Roman occupation.
Jebusites: Inhabitants of Jerusalem before its conquest by David, a subgroup of the Canaanites.