JERUSALEM
(See also Cities; Heavenly Jerusalem; Jehovah’s Organization; Jerusalem Above [Galatians 4:26]; Judah [Southern Kingdom]; New Jerusalem; Zion)
archaeological finds: w77 604; w77 747; ad 910; g68 2/22 30
Canaanite fortress discovered: g83 12/8 29-30
evidence of Babylonian siege of: g76 1/22 30
Ariel: ad 119
ark of the covenant: bf 95-96
David brings, to: w78 3/1 30-31
attitude today toward—
air flights over the city of: g84 6/22 30
walking upon the soil of the temple mount: g84 6/22 30
bloodguilt: w73 123-126
called “Egypt” in a spiritual sense (Re 11:8): w78 1/15 31-32; fm 272-273
called “Lebanon”: w77 38; w77 287; ad 1051-1052; v-1 216
capital city: ad 908; w64 539-540; bf 94-97; ns 127; w59 126; yw 69-70; nh 125-126; w50 512; ki 135
captured by British General Allenby: pm 371
“children” (Ga 4:25): w85 3/15 12-14
Christian congregation: w84 7/15 12-13; cj 5; w62 650, 660; w61 139; w59 441; yw 159; w47 166
conference of 49 C.E.: w79 7/1 27-28; w77 156; bq 10-18
city of David: ad 427-428, 910-911; w64 539; bf 95
“city of the great King”(Mt 5:35): w85 2/1 11-12
climate: w75 365; g68 12/8 5
“cooking pot” (Jer 1:13): w77 760-761; w73 123-125; w72 676-677; kj 195-197, 267-270
David captures: w83 3/15 17-18; po 125; ns 124, 127
deliverance from Sennacherib: ce 209-210; go 31-32; w76 54; w76 153; ad 764, 911-912, 1469-1470; w68 180-181; g67 2/22 8-9; w63 721; w60 615, 632; nh 130; w51 718-719; w45 102; w33 158-159
description: w75 365-367; w74 78-79; g72 11/8 11; ad 556, 908-909; qm 167; w64 119-120; yb64 55-56; g63 5/22 14-15; qm55 167; w48 235-238; w47 253-254; ep 100-103
desolation (607-537 B.C.E.): kc 136-138, 187-189; w80 3/1 14, 16; ts 157-159; w72 744-746; pm 131-136, 237; g72 5/8 27-28; ad 326-327, 339, 348, 912; kj 115, 122, 130, 206; w68 264-265, 493-494; w67 260; w64 80, 732-735; bf 160-169, 180, 289, 345, 350, 364-375; w62 427; w59 631; w55 714; sr55 129; w49 328-329; ki 168-170, 195; g35 4/10 425-426
Albright’s (William F.) comment on: w80 4/1 4; w77 38
date when land became desolate: w79 9/15 25
Josephus’ comment on: kc 188
destruction (607 B.C.E.): w83 3/15 18; w80 3/1 14, 16; w79 8/1 12, 16, 20-21; w79 9/15 20; w79 12/1 24; w77 761; w73 60-61; w73 124-126; w73 148-149; w72 43-45, 470-471, 587; w72 676-677, 744-745; pm 136, 162, 235-236; g72 3/8 27; ad 10, 912, 1212, 1687; w68 493-494, 743; w67 351-352; w65 233, 508; w64 223-224, 701-702; g64 6/8 6; w63 102, 524, 721; bf 156-159, 161, 180, 228, 287, 297, 349; ns 112; g61 10/8 24; w59 250-251; pa 100-105; yw 108; w55 714; sr55 54-55; nh 130-131; w52 267-268; w51 351; rm 186; el 67; bg 53; v-1 55
how date 607 B.C.E. is calculated: kc 137-138, 186-189; g72 5/8 27-28; ad 327-328, 339, 348
time of the end: po 173
destruction (70 C.E.): w85 10/1 8-9, 12; ce 222-223; g84 8/22 8, 22-23; w83 2/15 16-17; w83 3/15 18-19; w82 11/15 3-4; w80 10/1 21-23, 25-26; g80 4/8 20; g80 8/8 16-19; g80 9/8 16-18; w79 9/1 23; go 56-57; hs 123; w75 138-139; w75 741-742; sl 19-20, 22; ml 20, 22; w74 425-429; w74 680-683, 693-694; w73 710; ka 294-304; w72 371-372, 625, 629; w72 747-748; pm 365; dn 18, 25; g72 10/8 20-21; ad 604, 854, 914-915, 1616; kj 135, 210, 233, 316, 351; te 33-34; g71 12/8 5-6; w70 47-49, 713; w70 713, 716-720; w69 736, 758; is 119-120; g69 10/22 27-28; w68 741-743, 746-749; g68 10/8 25-26; w67 249, 746; qm 172; w66 90, 649-650, 682-683, 687; w65 234; w64 108, 239, 455, 582-583, 648, 677; g64 2/22 7; g64 6/8 6; w63 639-640, 724-725; bf 433, 450; g63 5/22 15; w62 233, 650, 713; w61 32; ns 235, 256-257, 375; g60 10/8 28; w59 212, 581; w58 463; pa 156-160; yw 92; qm55 172; sr55 50, 232; w54 439-442; w53 558-561; nh 142-143, 273-274; w47 279; w46 247, 362, 366; w44 295-296; w41 220
Arch of Titus: ce 223
Daniel’s prophecy concerning: w79 6/15 27-28
deaths: w80 10/15 31
earthquakes preceding: g77 2/22 10-11
Jesus’ prophecy concerning: w85 10/1 9; ce 222; uw 178; w80 10/1 15, 17; hp 142-144; g80 8/8 16-19; w78 8/15 31; w77 391-392; w77 604; go 148-150; g77 3/8 16-20; w76 434-435; w74 681-683
Josephus was an eyewitness: g80 8/8 18-19
number of survivors: w82 11/15 4; w80 10/1 25
time of the end: w80 10/1 15, 17; po 172-173
discussion: w83 3/15 17-26; w76 537-541; w75 365-367; ad 908-916
distance from Babylon: w79 3/1 29; w79 12/1 17; w65 378; bf 296; w49 51
elevation: w75 365; ad 908; w64 119; bf 355; w55 699; nh 126
flight of Christians: w84 6/1 16-17; w84 12/1 11; g84 8/22 8; w82 11/15 3-4; w80 10/1 15, 25; w79 2/1 25-26; w79 9/1 23; w77 44; go 149-150; lp 131-132; w76 434-435; w75 340; ml 21-22; w74 426; g74 11/8 11; w72 108-109; g71 12/8 5-6; w70 45-48, 519-520, 718-719; w70 725-726; w68 746-747; w66 756; li 313; w64 582-583; g64 2/22 7; g64 6/8 6; w61 680; ns 375; w59 12; pa 156; w54 438-439; w53 558, 565; nh 272-273
loss of possessions: w77 201
garden tomb (said to be Jesus’ tomb): w75 367
gates: pm 155; ad 624-627
Gihon: w78 11/1 11
Golgotha (Calvary): w75 367; ad 674-675
“great city” (Re 11:8): w78 1/15 31-32; fm 272-273
Hezekiah’s tunnel: ce 213-214; hp 27; w78 11/1 11; g78 7/22 13; w76 412-415; ad 110, 763
historic sites: mg63 91-95
history since 70 C.E.: ad 915; w70 680; w68 747; w67 749; g67 8/8 29; w66 90, 616; kd 10; g65 6/8 28; g65 10/22 6; w64 648-649, 652
holy city: w76 538; ad 908; w65 508; bf 96-97
“holy place” (Mt 24:15): w82 9/15 12-13; w82 11/15 3-4; go 148-150; w75 741
illustration of:
in days of Solomon: Rbi8 1592-1593
modern-day: ad 8
inscription of divine name found in: g83 5/8 29
“in slavery” (Ga 4:25): w85 3/15 12-13; w85 9/15 31
Jebus: po 125; ad 874-875, 910; bf 86, 94-95; bi4 861; nh 118, 125; ep 101
Jehovah’s temple: w75 365-366; ad 1582-1586; bi12-70 1466; w64 581-583; bf 498-499; bi12-61 1464, 1467; w60 493-496; w59 565-569, 628-632; w55 690-700; bi5 706-707, 709; sr55 76; bi7-50 799; ep 174-175, 253-254
Jesus’ prophecy concerning: w75 138-139
Jesus’ ride into: w83 5/15 19; km 4/79 1; w75 620
Jesus’ tomb near: ad 674-675; mg63 92-93; g63 5/22 15; pa 144; w48 235-238
Kidron valley: ad 991
kosher status of today’s hotels: g79 2/8 29
maps: w75 366; pm 156; ad 625, 909, 913; int69 1174-1175; w65 107; w64 541, 752; bf 100; w51 183; ep 97
eighth to sixth century B.C.E.: bi-isa 403
from David to Nehemiah: bi5 708
time of apostles: bi7-50 796
walls and gates after Babylonian exile: Rbi8 1595
Mount Moriah: ad 1179; bf 454; ns 129-130; w59 125; yw 68, 307; w55 699; nh 116; w52 330; ep 97; w43 206; w36 221
Mount of Olives: w78 11/1 11; w75 367; ad 1251-1252
Mount Zion: w78 11/1 11; w72 171-172; ad 1692; w65 239-242, 406; w64 539, 542; bf 94-97, 102-103, 454; ns 127, 130; w59 126; w58 134; yw 69-70; w53 273; w51 182; ep 97, 101; ki 135
Muhammadan Turks control: w59 570; w52 270; w49 244
Muslim temple: w78 11/1 11; sl 17; ad 915; w65 744; g63 5/22 14; w60 496; w58 147-148; pa 157-158; yw 68; w52 330; lg 218; rm 282; w49 248
name: w83 3/15 17; g80 9/8 16; ad 908; w69 620; fm 178; w59 751; pa 154; w42 8, 83, 280; v-1 307
in ancient clay tablets: w76 523
Nebuchadnezzar besieged city three times: w64 636-638; bf 287; w59 250-251; yw 106-108
Oholibah: w73 89-92; ad 1246; kj 238-241, 243-263
Ophel: ad 1255
photograph: w74 79
pictures—
Christendom: w85 10/1 10-13; w83 3/15 19; w82 9/15 19; w82 10/1 27; w80 3/1 14, 23; w78 1/15 31-32; w75 273; w75 742; w74 717-718; po 173; ka 304-305, 395; w72 45, 324-326, 472-473, 764; kj 111-113, 140-141, 146, 161-162, 173, 175-176, 189-190, 210, 216, 238, 268-271, 277-278, 286, 343, 359; w70 50, 714, 720, 724; w69 758-759; fm 47, 49; w68 749; w62 234; g61 10/8 23-24; w59 619; gs 17; sr55 84, 192; w51 646; w50 22; w47 12; w46 366; tf 342; w42 8, 19, 35, 87; w40 117, 126, 260; rg 112; w39 3, 182-183; w37 351; w36 316; w33 133; v-2 14; w31 259; v-1 192, 202, 252
Jehovah’s organization: w85 10/15 30-31; su 25; w83 3/15 23-24, 26; w79 12/1 19; g65 6/8 27; w64 75, 649-651; w63 175, 715-717, 721; bf 351; pa 158; nh 127; w52 251; rm 230; w44 41; w38 8; w32 59-60
Kingdom of God: kc 130-131; w80 12/1 26; ts 157-160; pm 128-130, 278; w70 625-626; sv 20-22; w69 243; w67 612-613; w66 91, 182, 615, 617; kd 8, 11; g65 6/8 27; w64 232-233, 651-652, 759; w63 103; bf 453, 457; w59 213; w58 634; yw 94; gr 21; lg 135-136; w51 181-182; w44 41
pools: w75 367; ad 909, 1319; mg63 94; w54 401; w51 183; bi7-50 796; ep 97
potter’s field: w75 367
prophets killed in: w70 31-32
Queen Helena’s palace: g75 11/8 30
rebuilding after destruction in 70 C.E.: ad 915; w66 90; li 34; g65 6/8 28; w64 648-649; bf 451
replaced by heavenly Jerusalem: w85 2/1 11-12
restoration beginning in 537 B.C.E.: w79 3/1 29-31; w72 300-301, 305-307, 746; pm 22-43, 132, 134-136; w71 396; ad 912; kj 115, 206, 316; g70 3/8 28; w65 508, 599; w64 80; w63 723; bf 341-375; w59 282; yw 119; sr55 130-132; nh 135-137; w49 51-52; w46 357-358; ep 253-255
road to Jericho from: w81 10/15 14-15
Roman armies withdraw in 66 C.E.: hp 143; g80 4/8 20; go 149; w75 138; w74 426; w74 683; ka 300-301; g72 10/8 20; ad 914; g71 12/8 5-6; w70 47, 718-719; is 118-119; g69 10/22 27-28; w68 746; w67 248; li 312-313; w64 119-120, 582; g64 2/22 7; g64 6/8 6; w59 12; pa 156; w54 438-439; w53 558; nh 272; w41 220
Roman domination: w75 7-8; ad 913-915; w70 719; qm 276; im 78; w59 407; qm55 276; nh 141; tf 11-12
Salem: ad 1432; w64 412, 504; bf 454; w59 125, 180; yw 68, 85; nh 117; w50 510; ep 100; w43 158; tf 170
schools: w43 280
Sennacherib’s threat: go 31-32; w76 46-47, 50, 54
size: w76 537-538; ad 914; w61 319; w58 284; w47 280
time of Judges: w64 504; bf 86
Tower of Antonia: w75 366-367
towers: ad 1609-1610
“trampled on by the nations” (Lu 21:24): w85 2/1 11-12; w83 3/15 20; w83 8/1 17-21, 26; ad 94-95; kj 232-235; w70 49-51; w69 243-244; w68 31; w66 90-91; g65 6/8 27-28; w64 677, 679; bf 181, 349, 452-453; w59 102, 213; yw 94; w53 273; w52 267-268; lg 250-255; w49 330-331
use of term throughout Bible: w76 537-541
Valley of Hinnom: w78 4/15 22; w77 747; ad 774-775
Wailing Wall: w77 604; w75 248; w59 59; yw 53; w52 330
walls rebuilt (455 B.C.E.): w79 3/1 29-30; sl 321; ad 912, 1215-1216; g71 12/8 8; w68 503-504; w65 601, 631-632; bf 385-391; w59 283; pa 119; yw 120; w50 238-239; el 84-85; w46 359-360; ep 178-180
despite ridicule and opposition: w80 1/1 28
water supply: ad 606, 909; w68 171; g67 10/8 14-15; w64 120; mg63 94; w51 183; bi7-50 796; ep 100-102; w45 103
Witness tour to: w78 11/1 10-11