by julman on June 4th, 2006
it is Jersalem
by Firebrand on March 2nd, 2008
Jerusalem.
by j ninja... on March 2nd, 2008
I think Jerusalem.
by jaydey on March 25th, 2007
<big> jerusalem of course <big>
by seanie306 on February 23rd, 2007
Jerusalem
by Perryman on November 7th, 2006
“The City of David” was King David’s Jerusalem.
The area that the Bible refers to as Mount Zion, on which the ancient City of David was built, looks quite insignificant in the metropolis of modern Jerusalem.
Excavations of the City of David, led by the late professor Yigal Shiloh between 1978 to 85, revealed a massive stepped-stone structure, or supportive wall, on the eastern side of the hill.
Jerusalem was the the capital city of the ancient nation of Israel from the year 1070 B.C.E. onward.
Following the division of the nation into two kingdoms (997 B.C.E.), Jerusalem continued as the capital of the southern kingdom of Judah. Throughout the Scriptures there are more than 800 references to Jerusalem.
Name. The earliest recorded name of the city is “Salem.” (Ge 14:18) Whereas some try to associate the meaning of the name Jerusalem with that of a West Semitic god named Shalem, the apostle Paul shows that “Peace” is the true meaning of the latter half of the name. (Heb 7:2) The Hebrew spelling of this latter half suggests a dual form, hence “Twofold Peace.” In Akkadian (Assyro-Babylonian) texts the city was called Urusalim (or Ur-sa-li-im-mu). On this basis some scholars give the meaning of the name as “City of Peace.” But the Hebrew form, which logically ought to govern, apparently means “Possession (Foundation) of Twofold Peace.”
Early History. The first historical mention of the city comes in the decade between 1943 and 1933 B.C.E., when Abraham’s encounter with Melchizedek took place. Melchizedek was “king of Salem” and “priest of the Most High God.” (Ge 14:17-20) However, the origins of the city and of the population that composed it are as wrapped in obscurity as is the origin of its king-priest Melchizedek. Compare Heb 7:1-3.
Many other expressions and titles were used in the Scriptures to refer to the city. The psalmist on one occasion uses the earlier name, “Salem.” (Ps 76:2) Other appellations were: “city of Jehovah” (Isa 60:14), “town of the grand King” (Ps 48:2; compare Mt 5:35), “City of Righteousness” and “Faithful Town” (Isa 1:26), “Zion” (Isa 33:20), and “holy city” (Ne 11:1; Isa 48:2; 52:1; Mt 4:5). The name “el Quds,” meaning “Holy City,” is still the popular name for it in Arabic. The name shown on present-day maps of Israel is Yerushalayim.
As Stableboy says here,interestingly, later in the New Testament, or In the Christian Greek Scriptures, the term “David’s city” is applied to Bethlehem, the birthplace of David and of Jesus. see Luke 2:4, 11; John 7:42
Sources: The scriptures cited and the publication, "Insight on the Scriptures", Volume II 1988 Watchtower Bible and Tract Society.
by Sarajone on May 12th, 2009
Jerusalem
by nevets - badgicide on March 15th, 2007
Yerushalayim is David's city.
by Chosun One on March 15th, 2007
Jerusalem
by gerrik on March 15th, 2007
Yes it is Jerusalem
by dontcallmewave on March 2nd, 2008
yerushalayim
by supermom on March 16th, 2009
the City of David is Bethlehem......."for unto you is born this day in the city of David, a savior..... Jesus was born in Bethlehem not Jerusalem
by Stableboy on November 6th, 2006
Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus.
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I presume you mean Jerusalem, not Jersalem.
by Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog on June 4th, 2006
yes it's jerusalem
by jaydey on March 25th, 2007