The Place of Prophecy,
Ezekiel 5:5
The Place of Salvation,
John 4:22
The Place of Trouble,
Zechariah 14:1-8
The Place of Glory,
Isaiah 2:1-5
Jerusalem, the city which I have
chosen to put my name.
I Kings 11:36
Rejoice with Jerusalem,
be glad
with her, all ye that love her.
Isaiah 66:10
Pray for the peace of
Jerusalem; they shall prosper
that love thee.
Psalm 122:6
The Bible predicts that when they
acknowledge Him whom they pierced:
Men shall dwell in it, Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited
Zechariah 14:11
| 2000 B.C. | Melchizedek, King of Salem (Jerusalem) brought Abraham bread and wine. Abraham offered Isaac on Mt. Moriah |
| 1000 B.C. | David captured the city |
| 961-922 B.C. | Solomon beautified the city and built the temple |
| 800 B.C. | Uzziah |
| 700 B.C. | Hezekiah |
| 641-610 B.C. | Josiah |
| 587 B.C. | City destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon |
| 539 B.C. | Persian occupation |
| 520-516 B.C. | Zerubbabel's Temple |
| 446 B.C. | Nehemiah rebuilds the walls |
| 165 B.C. | Maccabeans |
| 63 B.C. | The Romans captured the city |
| 37 B.C. | Herod appointed King. He rebuilds the temple |
| 41 B.C. | Herod Agrippa |
| 70 A.D. | Destruction under Titus. Titus ploughed up a portion of Jerusalem |
| 131 A.D. | Hadrian rebuilt the city and named it Aelia Capitolina |
| 330-337 A.D. | Constantine the Great first 'Christian' emperor restored the name of Jerusalem |
| 636 A.D. | Jerusalem passed to the Arabs who held it for almost 500 years |
| 641 A.D. | The Persians conquered Jerusalem and destroyed all its churches |
| 969 A.D. | Selzuk Turks |
| 1099 A.D. | Crusaders |
| 1187 A.D. | Saladin |
| 1517-1917 A.D. | Ottoman Empire |
| 1917 A.D. | Taken by the Allies under General Allenby, Balfour Declaration |
| 1948 A.D. | State of Israel declared: 'There has always been and always will be one capital only, Jerusalem the eternal. Thus it was 3000 years ago and thus it will be, we believe, until the end of time.' David Ben Gurion |
| 1967 A.D. | Six-Day War. Jerusalem occupied by the Israelis |