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According to the Bible, the Israelite history of the city began in c. 1000 BCE, with King David's sack of Jerusalem, following which Jerusalem became the City of David and capital of the united Kingdom of Israel. [1]
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One of the earliest extra-biblical Hebrew writing of the word Jerusalem is dated to the sixth or seventh century BCE [ 61 ][ 62 ] and was discovered in Khirbet Beit Lei near Beit Guvrin in 1961.
When first mentioned under the name Jerusalem, Adonizedek was its king (Josh. 10:1).King David first called it Jerusalem (of course, that is the English spelling). The original name meant City of Peace.
Aug 23, 2017 · Jerusalem is a city with a long and complex history, dating back to the Early Bronze Age. It is a holy place for Judaism, Islam and Christianity, but its name was not originally Jerusalem.
Today, Jerusalem is called Yerushalayim (Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ) and Al-Quds (Arabic: اَلْـقُـدْس). Yerushalayim is a derivation of a much older name, recorded as early as in the Middle Bronze Age , which has however been repeatedly re-interpreted in folk etymology , notably in Biblical Greek , where the first element ...
The long history of Jerusalem began well before it was captured by King David and made into the Capital of the People of Israel 3,000 years ago. Archeaological findings indicate the existence of a settlement in Jerusalem in the 3rd millenium BCE.
May 17, 2015 · Why Is Jerusalem Called Jerusalem? From its earliest name Ursalim, Jerusalem's name has mirrored the city's conquerors, passing through Jebus to the Roman Aelia Capitolina to al-Quds - and back to the ancient Israelite Yerushalayim.
