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What Does the Bible Say About Jerusalem?

Here are 11 Bible verses about jerusalem, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

#1Psalms 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
BSBPray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
#2Jeremiah 3:17
At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the Lord; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.
BSBAt that time Jerusalem will be called The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
#32 Chronicles 6:6
But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
BSBBut now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
#4Isaiah 62:1
For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
BSBFor Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
#5Zechariah 12:9
And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
BSBSo on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
#6Revelation 21:2
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
BSBI saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
#7Zechariah 8:3
Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.
BSBThis is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
#8Psalms 125:2
As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
BSBAs the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.
#9Psalms 122:3-5
Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord. For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.
BSBJerusalem is built up as a city united together, where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
#10Galatians 4:26
But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
BSBBut the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.
#111 Kings 11:36
And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.
BSBI will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

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Jerusalem in Nave's Topical Bible

Called
JEBUS: Jos 18:28; Jud 19:10
ZION: 1Ki 8:1; Zec 9:13
CITY OF DAVID: 2Sa 5:7; Isa 22:9
SALEM: Ge 14:18; Ps 76:2
ARIEL: Isa 29:1
CITY OF GOD: Ps 46:4
CITY OF THE GREAT KING: Ps 48:2
CITY OF JUDAH: 2Ch 25:28
THE PERFECTION OF BEAUTY, THE JOY OF THE WHOLE EARTH: La 2:15
THE THRONE OF THE LORD: Jer 3:17
HOLY MOUNTAIN: Da 9:16,20
HOLY CITY: Ne 11:1,18; Mt 4:5
CITY OF SOLEMNITIES: Isa 33:20
CITY OF TRUTH: Zec 8:3
To be called
“THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS,”: Jer 33:16
JEHOVAH-SHAMMAH (margin): Eze 48:35
NEW JERUSALEM: Re 21:2,10-27
Location and appearance of: Ps 122:3; 125:2; So 6:4; Mic 4:8
Walls of: Jer 39:4
Gates of
Old gate, fish gate, sheep gate, prison gate: Ne 3:1,3,32; 12:39
Gate of Ephraim: 2Ch 25:23; Ne 12:39
Gate of Benjamin: Jer 37:13; Zec 14:10
Gate of: Joshua 2Ki 23:8
Old gate: Ne 3:6; 12:39
Corner gate: Zec 14:10
Valley gate: Ne 2:13; 3:13
Dung gate: Ne 2:13; 3:13; 12:31
Gate of the fountain: Ne 2:14; 3:15; 12:37
Water gate: Ne 3:26; 8:1; 12:37
Horse gate: Ne 3:28
King's gate: 1Ch 9:18
Shallecheth: 1Ch 26:16
High gate: 2Ch 23:20
East gate: Ne 3:29
Miphkad: Ne 3:31
Middle gate: Jer 39:3
First gate: Zec 14:10
Buildings
High priest's palace: Joh 18:15
Castle: Ac 21:34
Stairs: Ne 3:15
Streets
East Street: 2Ch 29:4
Street of the House of God: Ezr 10:9
Street of the Water Gate of Ephraim gate: Ne 8:16
Baker's Street: Jer 37:21
Towers of
See: HANANEEL
See: MEAH
See: MILLO
See: OPHEL
See: SILOAM
Places in and around
Moriah: 2Ch 3:1
Jesus' gravesite: Joh 19:41
See: CALVARY
See: GETHSEMANE
See: OLIVES, MOUNT OF
See: JEHOSHAPHAT, VALLEY OF
See: TOPHET
Measurement of, in Ezekiel's vision: Eze 45:6
Names of the gates of, in Ezekiel's vision: Eze 48:31-34
The capital of David's kingdom by divine appointment: 1Ki 15:4; 2Ki 19:34; 2Ch 6:6; 12:13
To be called God's throne: Jer 3:17
The chief Levites lived in: 1Ch 9:34
The high priest lived at: Joh 18:15
Annual feasts kept at: Eze 36:38; with De 16:16
And: Ps 122:3-5; Lu 2:41; Joh 4:20; 5:1; 7:1-14; 12:20; Ac 18:21
Prayers of the Israelites made toward: 1Ki 8:38; Da 6:10
Beloved: Ps 122:6; 137:1-7; Isa 62:1-7
See: COUNTRY, LOVE OF
See: PATRIOTISM
Oaths taken in the name of: Mt 5:35
Melchizedek was the ancient king and priest of: Ge 14:18
King of, joined with the four other kings of the Amorites against Joshua and the armies of Israel: Jos 10:1-5
Confederated kings defeated, and the king of Jerusalem killed by Joshua: Jos 10:15-26
Falls to Benjamin in the allotment of the land of Canaan: Jos 18:28
Conquest of, made by David: 2Sa 5:7
The inhabitants of, not expelled: Jos 15:63; Jud 1:21
Conquest of Mount Zion in, made by David: 1Ch 11:4-6
The citadel of Mount Zion, occupied by David, and called the CITY OF DAVID: 2Sa 5:5-9; 1Ch 11:7
The ark of the covenant brought to, by David: 2Sa 6:12-19
The threshing floor of Araunah within the citadel of: 2Sa 24:16
David purchases and erects an altar upon Araunah's threshing floor: 2Sa 24:16-25
The city built around the citadel: 1Ch 11:8
Fortified by Solomon: 1Ki 3:1; 9:15
The temple built within the citadel
See: TEMPLE
Captured and pillaged by
Shishak, king of Egypt: 1Ki 14:25,26; 2Ch 12:9
Jehoash, king of Israel: 2Ki 14:13,14; 2Ch 25:23,24
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon: 2Ki 24:8-16; 25:1-17; 2Ch 36:17-21; Jer 1:3; 32:2; 39; 52:4-7,12-24; La 1:5-8; 2Ch 26:9,10
Walls of, restored and fortified by
Uzziah: 2Ch 26:9,10
Jotham: 2Ch 27:3
Manasseh: 2Ch 33:14
Water supply brought in from the Gihon brook by Hezekiah: 2Ki 18:17; 20:20; 2Ch 32:3,4,30; Ne 2:13-15; Isa 7:3; 22:9-11; 36:2
Besieged by
Pekah: 2Ki 16:5
The Philistines: 2Ch 21:16,17
Sennacherib: 2Ki 18:13-37; 19:20-37; 2Ch 32
Rebuilding of, ordered by proclamation of Cyrus: 2Ch 36:23; Ezr 1:1-4
Rebuilt by Nehemiah under the direction of Artaxerxes: Ne 2; 3; 4; 5; 6
Wall of, dedicated: Ne 12:27-43
Temple restored
See: TEMPLE
Roman rulers who resided in
Herod (Herod the Great): Mt 2:3
Pontius Pilate: Mt 27:2; Mr 15:1; Lu 23:1-7; Joh 18:28,29
Herod (Herod Agrippa I): Ac 12:1-23
Life and miracles of Jesus connected with
See: JESUS, HISTORY OF
Gospel first preached at: Mic 4:2; Lu 24:47; Ac 1:4; 2:14
A revival occurs on Pentecost day at: Ac 2
Stephen martyred at: Ac 6:8-15; 7
Disciples persecuted and dispersed from: Ac 8:1-4; 11:19-21
(For personal incidents occurring therein, see the biographies of individuals)
See also: ISRAELITES
Wickedness of: Lu 13:33,34
Catalogue of abominations in: Eze 22:3-12,25-30; 23; 33:25,26
Led Judah to sin: Mic 1:5
Prophecies against: Isa 3:1-8; Jer 9:11; 19:6,15; 21:10; 26:9,11; Da 9:2,27; Mic 1:1; 3:12
Of pestilence, famine, and war in: Jer 34:2; Eze 5:12; Joe 3:2,3; Am 2:5
Of the destruction of: Jer 7:32-34; 26:18; 32:29,31,32; Da 9:24-27
Destruction of, foretold by Jesus: Mt 23:37,38; 24:15; Mr 13:14-23; Lu 13:35; 17:26-37; 19:41-44; 21:20-24
Prophecies of the rebuilding of: Isa 44:28; Jer 31:38-40; Eze 48:15-22; Da 9:25; Zec 14:8-11
Of final restoration of: Joe 3:20,21; Zec 2:2-5; 8
Historical Notices Of
Melchizedek was ancient king of: Ge 14:18

Jerusalem in Torrey's Topical Textbook

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