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The name "Jerusalem" occurs 806 times in the Bible, 660 times in the Old Testament and 146 times in the New Testament; additional references to the city occur as synonyms. Jerusalem was established as a Canaanite city by the Chalcolithic period (ca. 4000-3100b.c.), occupying the southeast hill that currently bears the name "City of David."
Our name is spelled mostly ירושלם (Jerusalem) but on rare occasions ירושלים (Jerusalim, namely in 1 Chronicles 3:5, 2 Chronicles 25:1, 32:9, Esther 2:6, Jeremiah 26:18). Jerusalem was built on a hill, which Isaiah calls the Hill of Jerusalem (Isaiah 10:32). In the New Testament, the name Jerusalem curiously occurs in two distinct ...
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Jerusalem is referenced a variety of ways in the Bible. It was first known as Salem (Genesis 14:18), then Jebus (Judges 19:10), then as the city of David (2Samuel 6:12) after the king conquered it. In the Psalms David referred to it as the city of God (Psalm 46:4) and the city of the Lord of hosts (Psalm 48:8). The prophet Isaiah labels Jerusalem t...
The city was also one of the centers of Jesus' ministry and the place where he was arrested, tried, killed and resurrected from the dead. The ministry of the two witnesses will be centered in the city, which will ultimately be recreated and made eternal by God himself. Scripture reveals, after Pentecost in 30 A.D., groups of believers met in Jerusa...
1Chronicles 11:4 - 5 And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus: where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David. 2Samuel 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem...
Jan 4, 2022 · The Jerusalem Bible (JB or TJB) is a Roman Catholic translation of the Bible which first was introduced to the English-speaking public in 1966. As a Roman Catholic Bible, it includes not only the deuterocanonical books, but numerous notes and introductions, although for the most part they appear to be only marginally influenced by RCC doctrine.
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The name "Jerusalem" occurs 806 times in the Bible, 660 times in the Old Testament and 146 times in the New Testament; additional references to the city occur as synonyms. Jerusalem was established as a Canaanite city by the Chalcolithic period (ca. 4000-3100b.c.), occupying the southeast hill that currently bears the name "City of David."
Jerusalem is situated thirty-three m. E of the Mediterranean and fourteen m. W of the Dead Sea, at an elevation of 2,500 ft., at a major road junction on the crest of W Pal’s. central ridge. This ridge rises slowly from the promontory of Mt. Gilboa in the N (1,700 ft.) to a point near Hebron, c. twenty m. S of Jerusalem (3,370 ft.).
The Jerusalem Bible (JB or TJB) is an English translation of the Bible published in 1966 by Darton, Longman & Todd. As a Catholic Bible , it includes 73 books: the 39 books shared with the Hebrew Bible , along with the seven deuterocanonical books , as the Old Testament , and the 27 books shared by all Christians as the New Testament .
