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Orville J. Nave

Nave’s Topical Bible

Public-domain topical Bible (1896) · 5,322 entries on site

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JERUSALEM

–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 2 Ki 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

JOTHAM

–1. Son of Gideon Jud 9:5 , 57 .Rebukes the Shechemites with the parable about the trees Jud 9:7-21 –2. Son of Azariah, king of Judah 2Ki 15:5-7 , 32 , 38 ; 1Ch 3:12 ; 2Ch 26:21-23 ; 27 .Piety of 2Ch 27 .The moral condition of Israel during his reign Ho 4 .Ancestor of Jesus Mt 1:9 –3. Son of Jahdai 1Ch 2:47

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