JERUSALEM (Ancient)
(Also called Jebus; Salem; Zion)
(See also City of David; Heavenly Jerusalem; Jebus; Jerusalem [Modern]; Jerusalem Above [Galatians 4:26]; New Jerusalem; Zion)
accommodations during festivals: w15 12/1 11
Alexander the Great enters: it-1 70, 578; it-2 44; sh 213
apostles and older men meet (Ac 15): bt 12, 105-106, 108-109, 111, 113; w12 1/15 4-5; w07 4/15 26-27; wt 131-132; w00 3/15 11-12; w96 7/15 13-14
role of James: bt 112; it-1 129; w95 12/15 16
role of Judas and Silas: bt 113-115; w99 2/15 26-27
role of Peter: it-2 620-621
role of Titus: bt 102; w98 11/15 29
archaeological finds: it-2 40-41, 951; g 11/07 30; w00 2/1 10; w97 6/15 9-13
Amarna tablets confirm rulership by Canaanite kings: w08 12/15 22
Bethzatha pool: it-1 306; w16.05 32; w88 9/1 31
bones of man executed on a stake: it-2 463; mwb17.12 5; w87 8/15 28-29
Broad Wall: w97 6/15 11
Burnt House: g 11/07 15-16; w97 6/15 13
Burnt Room: it-2 326
cemeteries: w97 6/15 11
City of David (Zion): it-2 951; w97 6/15 9; w90 12/15 21
coins commemorating Jerusalem’s destruction (70 C.E.): it-2 48, 751; w88 1/1 30-31
coins commemorating Jews’ revolt against Rome (66 C.E.): it-2 48; w11 11/1 12; w93 2/15 9; w90 10/15 4; w89 3/15 24; w88 1/1 30-31
coin showing god Melkart: w11 11/1 12
desolation (607-537 B.C.E.): it-2 44
destruction (607 B.C.E.): w97 6/15 11-12
ivory pomegranate with divine name: w93 4/15 32; g88 12/8 30
palace of Herod the Great: it-2 45
“Place of Trumpeting” inscription: g 3/11 16; w87 5/15 24-25
pool of Siloam: it-2 651, 943-944, 950; w07 7/15 6-7
pools for ritual bathing: w06 10/15 12
seal impression of Gedaliah, son of Pashhur: jr 55; g 6/09 29
seal impression of Gedalyahu Ben Immer: g 11/07 30
seal impression of Gemariah: it-1 906; w11 5/1 15
seal impression of Jucal: jr 55; g 11/07 16; w06 9/15 14-15
seal with “Pure for God” inscription: w14 2/1 10
Siloam Tunnel (Hezekiah’s tunnel): it-1 151, 554, 591-592, 941-942, 960, 1104; it-2 43, 949; w09 5/1 27; w97 6/15 9-10; w96 8/15 5-6; g96 6/8 29; si 332
silver scrolls with divine name: it-2 5; w06 1/15 32; w97 6/15 11
size of Jerusalem: w97 6/15 11; g86 11/8 30-31
temple courtyard wall (Herod’s temple): it-2 45
temple gates (Herod’s temple): it-1 897
temple masonry from destruction (70 C.E.): w88 10/1 3
temple platform: w97 6/15 12
Theodotus Inscription: it-1 1005
tomb of Caiaphas possibly: w06 1/15 10; w97 6/15 13; g92 10/22 29
Tyrian goods and fish (Ne 13:16): wp20.1 7
Uzziah’s funerary inscription: it-1 960; it-2 1146; w87 5/15 25
water canal: it-1 941; it-2 40, 652, 928
water supply routes: g92 7/8 29
water tunnel and shaft (Warren’s Shaft): it-1 151, 591, 941; it-2 40-41, 951; w97 6/15 9-10; si 332
beauty: it-1 180
“perfection of prettiness” (La 2:15): it-2 602
boundaries: w98 10/15 9
burial places: it-1 378-379
kings: it-1 379
mausoleum of Queen Helena: it-1 379
“Tomb of Absalom”: it-1 35
Christians: it-2 46-47
hardships: it-1 1077; w01 3/15 29
Jewish opposition: it-1 1077-1079
meeting place: bt 80, 118; it-2 349; w10 3/15 6-7
more than one local congregation possibly: w07 4/15 22
persecution: lfb 222-223; kr 134; w89 12/15 11-12
problem of unequal distribution of food (Ac 6): bt 41-42; w18.06 11; w06 7/15 16
relief measures for needy Christians: it-1 503, 939-940; w89 12/15 16; w86 12/1 29
“seven reputable men” (Ac 6:3): bt 41-42; it-2 498, 628, 1034; km 7/13 3
“city of the great King” (Mt 5:35): w98 10/15 8-12
“city of trueness” (Zec 8:3): w07 12/1 10
“contradictions” about tribal inheritance and conquest: gm 95-96
contrast to—
“Jerusalem above” (Ga 4:26): ws 90-92
“New Jerusalem” (Re 21:2): ws 92-97
David takes Jebusite stronghold (Zion): it-2 41-42
taunt by Jebusites: it-2 190-191
water shaft used by Joab: it-1 151, 591, 941; it-2 40-41, 951; w97 6/15 9-10; si 332
defenses: it-2 39-40
description: it-2 39-40; si 275
bedrock: it-2 42
elevation: it-2 39
desolation (607-537 B.C.E.): it-2 44; si 84, 285
70 years, as foretold: it-1 463, 568-569; g 6/12 13-14; w11 10/1 26-29; w11 11/1 22-25, 27; w06 1/15 19; si 84-86; w86 1/15 8
destruction (607 B.C.E.): ijwbq article 75; it-2 43-44, 326, 481, 1228; rr 67; lfb 140-141; w16.11 21; re 257, 270; my story 76; ip-2 404-406; w97 6/15 11-12; w96 3/1 13-14; si 128; w88 3/1 30; w88 10/15 16-17
Amos prophesies (Am 2:4, 5): w04 11/15 17
chronology: it-1 463; w11 10/1 26-31; w11 11/1 22-28; w11 12/15 31; si 285, 296
conditions after: jr 73
conditions prior to: it-1 794
description in Lamentations: si 130-132
Ezekiel prophesies: it-1 794-795; rr 62-64, 66-70; w97 5/1 8-9; si 134-135; w88 9/15 12-15, 17-21
Isaiah prophesies: ip-2 176-177, 179, 404-406; ip-1 296-300; w97 5/1 8-9; wi 7; w91 6/1 16, 19-23
Jehovah’s strange deed (Isa 28:21): ip-1 290-291, 295-296; w91 6/1 20-25
Jeremiah prophesies: re 270; wi 7; w91 4/1 3-4; si 124-126
judgment day: it-2 136
lessons from: rr 68-70; w88 9/1 26-27
mothers eat own children: jr 155; w89 8/1 29
Nebuzaradan’s arrival and entry: it-1 11; it-2 482; w07 3/15 11
prophets during time of: it-1 791; si 133
sheds light on Lord’s day: w88 10/15 11-12
survivors: w02 10/1 15-16; tp 88-89
Zephaniah prophesies: w96 3/1 9-11; si 164-165
destruction (70 C.E.): wp18.2 8-9; it-1 776, 1232; it-2 47-48, 751-752; w07 4/1 10-11; w05 9/15 18-19; w03 1/1 8-9; w99 5/1 11; w96 6/1 15-16; w96 8/15 16-18; sh 215; si 297; rs 62; g89 12/8 23-24
Arch of Titus commemorates: wp18.2 8-9; it-2 536, 752, 1128-1129; g 4/11 13; si 336-337
Cestius Gallus besieges (66 C.E.): it-1 1232; it-2 47; w15 7/15 14; w07 4/1 9; w99 5/1 9-10; w96 6/1 15; w96 8/15 16, 18; w94 3/15 30; rs 62
children during: w88 3/1 19
Christians flee before: w22.01 4-5; it-2 47; w15 7/15 15; w12 4/15 25-26; w12 10/1 15; g 4/11 12; w09 5/15 9, 13; kp 20-21; lr 44-46; w98 9/15 3-4; w96 6/1 15-16; jv 715; w90 10/15 7; w86 8/15 19
Colosseum (Rome) commemorates: g96 2/22 31
conditions before: w06 12/15 18
Daniel prophesies (Da 9:26, 27): it-2 902; dp 195-196
“day of vengeance” (Isa 61:2): it-2 1149
duration: it-2 47-48
evidence of Jehovah’s abandonment: w88 4/15 14-15
famine: it-1 810; w89 8/1 29
“fortification with pointed stakes” (Lu 19:43): it-1 866; g 4/11 12; w09 5/1 27; w07 4/1 10; rs 62
genealogical records burned: it-2 47
“great tribulation” (Mt 24:21): it-2 47-48, 1126-1127; w97 12/15 14-16; w96 8/15 16-18; w95 2/15 13-14; w95 4/15 16; w95 11/1 10-11, 14-16; w94 2/15 11
illustration: it-2 752
Jesus prophesies: w24.09 10; w22.01 16-17; g 4/11 12-13; w07 4/1 8-11; w06 12/15 17-18; w99 5/1 14-15; w97 4/1 5-6; wi 29-30; si 188, 191; rs 61-62; w88 1/1 30-31; w88 10/1 3; g87 6/8 18
Josephus describes: it-2 47-48, 675; w96 8/15 17; w94 3/15 30-31; si 188
judgment day: it-2 136
money a danger: w93 2/15 9-10
not anticipated by Jews: w89 3/15 24
not in fulfillment of Genesis 3:15: w12 6/15 11
role of Vespasian: g 7/12 21
Roman coins commemorating: it-2 48, 751; w88 1/1 30-31
storm before: w94 2/15 19
survivors: w96 8/15 17; tp 87-88
temple burned: it-2 47, 1080-1081
temple not rebuilt: w13 4/15 32
Titus celebrates at Caesarea: w89 3/15 24
Tower of Antonia taken first: w16.07 15
“woe to the pregnant women” (Mt 24:19; Mr 13:17; Lu 21:23): it-2 675
year not known in advance: w98 9/15 14-15; w95 11/1 11
Diaspora Jews at festivals: mwb18.11 3; w15 12/1 11; w12 9/15 31; w05 10/15 12-15
discussion: bt 23; it-1 752; it-2 39-49, 947-951; gl 20-21; w98 10/15 8-22; g94 3/8 24-25; w89 3/1 16-17
distance from Babylon: w86 10/15 31
Ezekiel’s “siege”: it-1 462; rr 63, 66-68; w07 7/1 12; si 134; w88 9/15 12
Ezra’s day: it-1 797
first-century Jerusalem: it-2 542-543
earthquakes: it-1 669-670
“governor’s palace”: it-1 992-993; it-2 542
model of: it-2 948
garden of Gethsemane: w89 3/1 17
gates: it-1 752, 893-897; w98 10/15 23
Damascus Gate: it-2 949
Gate of the Ash-heaps (Gate of the Potsherds, Dung Gate): it-1 658, 894-896
Valley of Hinnom: it-1 1120
Hadrian rebuilds (130 C.E.): it-2 48
Helena (mother of Constantine the Great) identifies sites: it-2 48
hippodrome by Herod the Great: it-2 535
history: it-2 41-48; w98 10/15 8-22
“in slavery with her children” (Ga 4:25): it-1 1018; w92 3/15 14
invaded: it-2 42-43
Isaiah’s day: ip-1 29-32
Jehovah’s protection compared to rivers, canals (Isa 33:21): it-1 886; ip-1 351
Jehovah’s residence: w86 1/1 29-30
Jeremiah’s day:
false prophets: w94 3/1 8-13
Jesus’ childhood: it-2 45; lfb 170-171; ia 167-170; w12 4/1 26-27; w12 9/15 30-31; km 4/10 5-6; w07 2/15 24-25; w03 12/15 6
Jesus’ death:
Church of the Holy Sepulchre: it-1 983-984; it-2 368, 948; w92 1/15 32; w90 12/15 25
Golgotha (Calvary): ijwbq article 120; it-1 983-984
Gordon’s Calvary: it-1 984
tomb: mrt article 12; it-1 983-984; it-2 368, 948
Jesus’ ministry: mwb20.04 2; it-2 45-46; jy 43-45, 72, 74, 136, 158-168, 188-189, 236, 238, 240-244, 246-255; nwt 1787; gl 30; gt chapters 16-17, 29-30, 56, 66-71, 80-81, 101-110; si 185, 191; w88 4/1 8-9; w88 4/15 8; w88 5/1 8-9; w88 5/15 8-9; w88 6/1 8-9; w88 6/15 8-9; w88 11/1 8-9; w88 11/15 8-9; w87 11/1 8; w86 6/15 24-25; w86 7/1 16-17
enters on donkey’s colt: cf 25-27; mwb20.04 2; it-1 302; it-2 46; jy 238; nwt 1787; my story 97; w00 9/15 16-17; w99 8/1 14-15; w98 3/15 3-4; w97 3/1 30-31; gt chapter 102; w89 11/1 8-9
Festival of Booths (Tabernacles): jy 154, 158-165; gt chapters 65-69; w88 3/15 24; w88 4/1 8-9; w88 4/15 8; w88 5/1 8-9; w88 5/15 8-9
Festival of Dedication (Hanukkah): jy 188; gt chapter 80; w88 11/1 8
final trip: jy 222, 224-233, 236-237; gt chapters 92, 95-96, 98; w89 6/1 8
heals blind man: lmd lesson 3; lfb 198-199; jy 166-168; w07 8/1 5; w03 8/1 19; gt chapters 70-71; w88 6/1 8-9; w88 6/15 8-9
Pharisees’ opposition: jy 168; gt chapter 71; w88 6/15 8-9
“joined together as one” (Ps 122:3): w14 12/15 24; w06 9/1 15
location: it-2 39
Benjamin’s territory: it-1 1120; it-2 41; gm 95-96
maps: gl 21
before 70 C.E.: it-2 542; nwt 1786
David and Solomon’s day: it-1 752
Gihon canal and water tunnels: it-1 752, 942; it-2 542
Jesus’ day: mwb19.04 5; it-2 742; nwt 1786
nations surrounding: rr 73
walls and gates before and after exile: it-1 895; w98 10/15 23
measured (Zec 2:2): w89 6/15 31
“mother was a Hittite” (Eze 16:3): it-1 1124
mountains or hills:
Moriah: it-2 432-433
Mount of Olives: it-2 552-553; w89 3/1 17
Ophel: it-2 557-558; gl 20-21; ip-1 340
Zion: it-2 1236
names: it-1 1261; it-2 39
Aelia Capitolina: it-2 48
Ariel (Isa 29:1, 2): it-1 163; ip-1 296-297
Jebus: it-1 1261
Jerusalem: w98 10/15 12, 19
“Lebanon” (Jer 22:6, 23): it-2 231-232
My Delight Is in Her (Hephzi-bah): it-1 1089; ip-2 338-341
Salem: it-2 39, 840; w98 10/15 8
Nebuchadnezzar besieges (618-617 B.C.E.): it-1 238, 1267; it-2 480-481; jr 24-25; dp 32; si 84; gm 48; w88 3/1 29
exiles taken: ijwbq article 193; it-1 415, 1267, 1269; rr 73; jr 24-25; si 132-133, 296
Jehoiakim dies: it-1 1269; jr 24
utensils from temple taken: it-1 1267
Nebuchadnezzar besieges (609-607 B.C.E.): it-1 463; it-2 43, 481, 1227; si 296; w88 3/1 30
exiles taken: it-1 415
Zedekiah’s activities: it-2 1227-1228; rr 78, 80
Nehemiah’s day:
volunteers to inhabit: mwb23.07 12; w06 2/1 11; w98 10/15 22; w86 2/15 26
walls inaugurated: w98 10/15 22
walls rebuilt: mwb23.07 7; it-2 486, 855-856, 900; lfb 158-159; mwb16.02 2; my story 83; w02 11/1 27; w98 10/15 16-19; si 88-89, 283, 297; w86 2/15 25
painting of (Quebec): g03 9/8 31
palace of Herod the Great: it-1 992-993; it-2 45, 538; g 9/09 25
Passover observance: it-2 582
Paul’s ministry:
“after 14 years” (Ga 2:1) (c. 49 C.E.): si 292
Agabus prophecies bonds (c. 56 C.E.): bt 177-178
ceremonial cleansing at temple (56 C.E.): w23.10 10; bt 184-185; w18.10 24-25; it-1 481; it-2 478, 1163-1164; w16.09 15; w03 3/15 24; w87 8/1 13-14
circumcision issue (c. 49 C.E.): it-2 587; bm 26; w98 11/15 29; w89 2/15 19; w87 8/1 13
first visit as Christian (c. 36 C.E.): bt 12, 64-65; it-2 586; w07 6/15 15-17; si 292
last visit (56 C.E.): bt 12, 181-189, 191; it-1 477; it-2 588, 1080, 1130; w06 11/15 8; w01 12/15 21-22; w90 6/15 22-23; si 293
meeting with James, Peter, and John (c. 49 C.E.): w06 5/1 5
relief mission (56 C.E.): bt 169, 182; w18.01 20; w02 11/15 13; w98 7/15 7
relief mission with Barnabas (c. 46 C.E.): bt 12; it-2 586
rescue through nephew: bt 189, 191; mwb19.01 3; yc 26; w09 6/1 16-17
Tower of Antonia (56 C.E.): it-1 118
pools: it-2 651
Bethzatha: it-1 305-306; it-2 45-46, 542; w16.05 32; gl 31; w88 9/1 31
for ritual bathing: w06 10/15 12
Pool of the Canal: it-2 651-652
Siloam: it-2 542, 651, 943-944, 949-950; w07 7/15 6-7
population: w03 1/1 9
“potter’s field” (Mt 27:7): it-2 658-659
rejected by God: it-2 49; w90 10/15 17
replaced by heavenly Jerusalem: w90 10/15 17-18
restoration (537-443 B.C.E.): it-2 44; my stories 80-81, 83; w98 10/15 11; si 86-87, 89
“city of trueness” (Zec 8:3): w96 1/1 10
Isaiah prophesies: ip-2 215-216, 383-384, 399-400; ip-1 33; w97 5/1 9-12
opposition to: it-2 855-856
revolt against Rome (66-73 C.E.): wp18.2 8-9; it-2 47-48, 751; w07 4/1 9-11
ignited in Caesarea: it-1 385
Jewish coins commemorating: it-2 48; w11 11/1 12; w93 2/15 9; w90 10/15 4; w89 3/15 24; w88 1/1 30-31
link with Masada: it-2 751; w90 10/15 3-7
roads: it-1 1118; it-2 39, 742
from Jerusalem to Jericho: ijwbq article 190; cf 122-123; it-1 54, 1180; it-2 742
Roman conquest (63 B.C.E.): it-1 1232; it-2 45; w01 6/15 30; si 297
Roman domination: it-2 45-48
Roman garrison: it-1 476-477
rulers:
Herod the Great: it-2 45
Maccabees: it-2 44-45
Ptolemaic rulers: it-2 44
Seleucid rulers: it-2 44
Sanhedrin hall: bt 36, 39; it-2 542
“second quarter” (2Ki 22:14; 2Ch 34:22): it-2 43
Sennacherib’s threat: it-1 204, 957, 1103-1105; it-2 244, 894-895; w17.08 11; lfb 132-133; w13 11/15 19-20; g 12/10 27; si 121; w88 1/15 11, 17-18; w88 2/15 27-28; w87 9/1 22
Hezekiah’s defense preparations: it-1 1104; w13 11/15 19; ip-1 385; w97 6/15 10-11
Hezekiah’s trust in Jehovah: it-1 1104; mwb17.01 4-5; w13 11/15 18; w11 11/15 6-7; w03 3/1 16-17; ip-1 325-328, 383-394; w88 4/15 17-18
Rabshakeh conveys: it-2 725-726; mwb17.01 5; w10 7/15 12-15; ip-1 386-389
Solomon’s day: it-1 748, 752; it-2 42
House of the Forest of Lebanon: it-1 1156-1157
illustrations: gl 20-21
spiritual prostitution: it-1 1037; rr 165, 167-168
springs: it-2 40
En-rogel: it-1 730
Gihon: it-1 940-942; gl 21; w96 8/15 5-6
“street of the bakers” (Jer 37:21): it-1 243
symbolized by—
bad figs (Jer 24): w94 3/1 15-16
Hagar: it-1 1018; w06 3/15 11-12; ip-2 219; ws 77
Oholibah (Eze 23): it-2 546; rr 166
regally clothed woman (Eze 16): it-2 560
woman who ‘arises, sheds light’ (Isa 60:1): w24.07 30
symbolizes—
Jehovah’s organization (heavenly part) (Jerusalem above) (Ga 4:26): w24.07 30-31; it-1 752; it-2 49, 694; w06 3/15 11; ip-2 216
kingdom of Davidic dynasty: it-1 132-133; w90 10/15 18
Kingdom of God: it-2 48-49; w90 10/15 18
Messianic Kingdom (New Jerusalem) (Re 3:12; 21:2): it-1 752; it-2 694; ip-2 383-384
towers: it-2 1118
tower in Siloam (Lu 13:4): cf 126; it-2 944, 1118
Tower of Antonia: it-1 118; it-2 45, 535, 542-543; w16.07 15
tower of David (Ca 4:4): it-2 1118
“Tower of the Bake Ovens” (Neh 3:11; 12:38): it-1 243, 894; it-2 564, 1118
“trampled on by the nations” (Lu 21:24): it-1 132-133; jv 141-142; w90 10/15 16-18; rs 96
unfaithfulness: it-1 849; si 125-126
valleys: it-1 752; it-2 39-40, 542, 947
Kidron Valley: it-2 150, 742; w89 3/1 16
Tyropoeon Valley: it-1 752; it-2 45, 297-298, 542
Valley of Hinnom: it-1 905-906, 1119-1120; it-2 542, 742, 949, 1114-1115; w11 4/1 31; w89 3/1 16; rs 173; w87 10/1 30-31
“valley of the vision” (Isa 22:1, 5): it-2 1147; ip-1 231
voice “like a spirit medium” (Isa 29:4): it-2 1030
walls: it-2 40, 542; w98 10/15 23
water supply: it-2 40; w96 8/15 5-6; g92 7/8 29
aqueduct by Pilate: it-2 640; w05 9/15 11
pools: it-2 651