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The capture of Jebus is mentioned in 2 Samuel 5 and 1 Chronicles 11 with similar wordings: . And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is, Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
Jerusalem becomes City of David and capital of the United Kingdom of Israel. [3] c. 962 BCE: biblical King Solomon builds the First Temple. c. 931–930 BCE: Solomon dies, and the Golden Age of Israel ends. Jerusalem becomes the capital of the (southern) Kingdom of Judah led by Rehoboam after the split of the United Monarchy.
This indicates that some Eastern Christian clergy remained in or near Jerusalem during the siege. In November 1100, when Fulcher of Chartres personally accompanied Baldwin on a visit to Jerusalem, they were greeted by both Greek and Syrian clerics and laity (Book II, 3), indicating an Eastern Christian presence in the city a year later.
[1] 1 Chronicles 11:4 states that Jerusalem was known as Jebus before this event. The identification of Jebus with Jerusalem is sometimes disputed by scholars. [2] According to some biblical chronologies, the city was conquered by King David in 1003 BC. [3]
[2] [3] Jehoiakim died for reasons unclear, and was succeeded by his son, Jeconiah. [4] [5] In 597 BC, the Babylonians besieged Jerusalem, and the city surrendered. [2] [6] Nebuchadnezzar pillaged Jerusalem and deported Jeconiah and other prominent citizens to Babylon; Jeconiah's uncle, Zedekiah, was installed as king.
Conquest of Jerusalem by the Crusaders (13th- or 14th-century miniature) The Crusaders conquered the city in 1099 and held it until its conquest by the army of Saladin at the siege of Jerusalem in 1187 and its surrender to the Ayyubid dynasty, a Muslim sultanate that ruled in the Middle East in the early 12th century. [3]
"This discovery in the City of David once again affirms the Jewish people's ongoing 3,000+ year-old bond with Jerusalem – not simply as a matter of faith, but as a matter of fact – from Bible ...
[3] 632–713. The emerging Muslim Rashidun Caliphate conquers Syria, Palestine, and Egypt from the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. [4] As a consequence, few western European pilgrims risk a voyage to the Holy Land. [5] 638. February/March. Umar, the second caliph, enters Jerusalem after the city's prolonged siege by his commanders. [4] [6 ...