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Then Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, 400 cubits. Verse ConceptsGatesBattering ramsNamed GatesTwelve Beings

Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, 400 cubits. Verse ConceptsGatesBattering ramsWallsDestruction Of JerusalemDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallNamed GatesList Of Kings Of Israel

and above the Gate of Ephraim, by the Old Gate, by the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard. Verse ConceptsGatesNamed Gates

Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall to the Refuse Gate. Verse ConceptsNamed GatesGay Marriage

The temple servants living in Ophel made repairs as far as the front of the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower. Verse ConceptsGatesNamed GatesTemple Assistants

Awake, awake,
Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion;
Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments,
O Jerusalem, the holy city;
For the uncircumcised and the unclean
Will no longer come into you.
Verse ConceptsCityNames For JerusalemBeauty, SpiritualPurity, Nature OfSleep, SpiritualUncircumcisionWakefulnessStrength Of PeopleFine ClothesWake Up!Purity Of New CreationBe Strong!awakeningstrengh


Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities. Verse ConceptsCityChanceA Tenth Of PeopleHoly City

“Then I will restore your judges as at the first,
And your counselors as at the beginning;
After that you will be called the city of righteousness,
A faithful city.”
Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodNames For JerusalemBeginningReinstatementA Righteous PeopleLeaders

“For they call themselves after the holy city
And lean on the God of Israel;
The Lord of hosts is His name.
Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemGod SupportingCitizens

Then you will know that I am the Lord your God,
Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain.
So Jerusalem will be holy,
And strangers will pass through it no more.
Verse ConceptsForeignersHillsHoliness, As Set Apart For GodPassing ThroughZion, As A SymbolForeigners In The Holy PlacesI Will Be Their GodPurity Of New CreationGod Lives In Jerusalem

For I will bend Judah as My bow,
I will fill the bow with Ephraim.
And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece;
And I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of Strengthenemies, of Israel and JudahArchers, Likened To God

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers’ households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David, which is Zion. Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersJerusalem, History OfRankAssembling LeadersThe Ark In The TempleThe Elders Gathered

and Zelah, Haeleph and the Jebusite (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families. Verse ConceptsJerusalem, History OfFourteen

But the man was not willing to spend the night, so he arose and departed and came to a place opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And there were with him a pair of saddled donkeys; his concubine also was with him. Verse ConceptsPeople Unwilling

Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is the city of David. Verse ConceptsCityZion, As A Placezion

And you saw that the breaches
In the wall of the city of David were many;
And you collected the waters of the lower pool.
Verse ConceptsPoolsDestruction Of Jerusalem's WallThe Act Of OpeningOpening Walls


His tabernacle is in Salem;
His dwelling place also is in Zion.
Verse ConceptsZion, As A SymbolGod Lives In Jerusalem

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God,
The holy dwelling places of the Most High.
Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemHoly Spirit, Types OfRiverspotential

Glorious things are spoken of you,
O city of God. Selah.
Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemPsalm Interjections

Then they brought him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. Verse ConceptsHorsesTwelve Beings

All who pass along the way
Clap their hands in derision at you;
They hiss and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem,
“Is this the city of which they said,
The perfection of beauty,
A joy to all the earth’?”
Verse ConceptsBeautifulClappingBeauty Of JerusalemNames For JerusalemApplauseShaking The HeadHissingSpectatorsPeople Made Perfect

At that time they will call Jerusalem ‘The Throne of the Lord,’ and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord; nor will they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart. Verse ConceptsRestoration After BackslidingHardness Of HeartHonorJerusalem, Significance OfKingdom Of God, Coming OfMinistry, Nature OfObstinacy Against GodGathering Other NationsAvoiding ObstinacyJerusalem In Millennial Kingdom

Thus says the Lord, ‘I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.’ Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemNames And Titles For The ChurchGod's TruthGod Lives In Jerusalemjerusalemzion

Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities. Verse ConceptsCityChanceA Tenth Of PeopleHoly City

O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous acts, let now Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all those around us. Verse ConceptsCityGod, Righteousness OfHillsAccording To ThingsGod Does Right For PeopleLet Not God Be AngryAnger And Forgiveness

Woe, O Ariel, Ariel the city where David once camped!
Add year to year, observe your feasts on schedule.
Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemAttacks On Jerusalem ForetoldWoe To Israel And JerusalemFestivals ObservedSchedules

Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion in the far north,
The city of the great King.
Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfBeautifulBeauty Of JerusalemBeauty Of NatureThe Beauty Of Naturezion