The prophets knew that the destruction of the city was imminent, for the cult had become corrupt and Jerusalem, the home of the covenant, would have to pay the price. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The "camp of the Assyrians" was still shown about A.D. 70, on the flat ground to the north-west, included in the new quarter of the city. called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the "city of God," the "holy city;" by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning "the holy;" once "the city of Judah" ( 2 Chronicles 25:28 ). Although painfully aware of the transgressions of the city ( 1:21-23 ), he nevertheless retained a hopeful vision for its future ( 2:3 ). Solomon adorned the city with beautiful buildings, including the temple, but made no additions to its walls. (. For as soon as Zion was in labor she brought forth her children. Micah, Isaiah's contemporary, held similar views ( 3:12 ; 5:1-4 ). So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed. Bedeutsam ist hier etwa die literarische Darstellung Jerusalems als Findelkind, das von Gott aufgezogen wird (Ezechiel 16), sowie die Zusagen Gottes an die Stadt in den Psalmen, die wie Eheversprechen formuliert sind. Remote health initiatives to help minimize work-from-home stress; Oct. 23, 2020 Sie wurde vor rund 3.000 Jahren von König David gegründet und liegt heute in Israel. Copyright © 2020, Bible Study Tools. It is first mentioned in Scripture under the name Salem ( Genesis 14:18 ; Compare Psalms 76:2 ). The desolation of the city and the land was completed by the retreat of the principal Jews into Egypt ( Jeremiah 4044 -44), and by the final carrying captive into Babylon of all that still remained in the land ( 52:3 ), so that it was left without an inhabitant (B.C. Probably Pierottis estimate is very near the truth, --20,330; of whom 5068 are Christians, 7556 Mohammedans (Arabs and Turks), and 7706 Jews. I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. --These are described by Josephus. ‣ Viele der heutzutage gebräuchlichen Vornamen haben eine Geschichte und eine Bedeutung und wurden schon in der Bibel oder anderen alten Schriften erwähnt. But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’. Walls. But from any other side the ascent is perpetual; and to the traveller approaching the city from the east or west it must always have presented the appearance beyond any other capital of the then known world --we may say beyond any important city that has ever existed on the earth --of a mountain city; breathing, as compared with the sultry plains of Jordan, a mountain air; enthroned, as compared with jericho or Damascus, Gaza or Tyre, on a mountain fastness." ( 2 Chronicles 26:9 ; Nehemiah 2:13 Nehemiah 2:15 ; 3:13 ) Fish gate. The most active of the gods of Ugarit was called Baal-Zaphon. No matter where the name rests geographically, Zion's true significance is in the heavens where God's dwelling will be with his people ( Rev 21:3-4 ). It was situated in the southwest angle of the area, now known as the Haram area, and was, as we learn from Josephus, an exact square of a stadium, or 600 Greek feet, on each side. This was the route commonly taken from the north and east of the country. And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. ‣ Gesetz, 2. The modern wall, built in 1542, forms an irregular quadrangle about 2 1/2 miles in circuit, with seven gates and 34 towers. The word of the Lord will go out from Jerusalem; nations will convert weapons into agricultural implements and men will not learn war anymore. Learn more about the city’s history and culture in this article. It is 32 miles distant from the sea and 18 from the Jordan, 20 from Hebron and 36 from Samaria. ‣ And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. This was the route commonly taken from the north and east of the country. Die Sänger und Beter der Bibel greifen damit "nur" zur höchstmöglichen Aussage, um das Wesen Gottes, des Vaters, einigermaßen angemessen und möglichst lebenskräftig zu beschreiben. i osobito Berlinskog kongresa (1878. For Christians, the identification of earthly Jerusalem as the dwelling place of God, which figures so frequently in the Old Testament, has been transformed into a heavenly Jerusalem, the true sanctuary of the Lord (cf. The dual form probably refers to the two mountains on which it was built, viz., Zion and Moriah; or, as some suppose, to the two parts of the city, the "upper" and the "lower city." And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. (Josephus says that at the siege of Jerusalem the population was 3,000,000; but Tacitus statement that it was 600,000 is nearer the truth. Mohammed Aly, the pasha of Egypt, took possession of it in 1832; and in 1840, after the bombardment of Acre, it was again restored to the sultan. Out of this there sprang the Crimean War, which was protracted and sanguinary, but which had important consequences in the way of breaking down the barriers of Turkish exclusiveness. Luke records many of the activities of that last week: the Last Supper, the arraignment before the high priest, Peter's denial, the trial before Pilate all took place within Jerusalem. From the great maritime plain of Philistia and Sharon. He converted the Mosque of Omar into a Christian cathedral. “But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. This road led by the two Beth-horons up to the high ground at Gibeon, whence it turned south, and came to Jerusalem by Ramah and Gibeah, and over the ridge north of the city. "Jerusalem is a city of contrasts, and differs widely from Damascus, not merely because it is a stone town in mountains, whilst the latter is a mud city in a plain, but because while in Damascus Moslem religion and Oriental custom are unmixed with any foreign element, in Jerusalem every form of religion, every nationality of East and West, is represented at one time.". This restoration was begun B.C. ‣ ( Nehemiah 3:1 Nehemiah 3:32 ; 12:39 ) East gate. He relaxed the laws against the Jews till this time in force, and permitted them once a year to visit the city and wail over the desolation of "the holy and beautiful house.". Theologically, the Canaanite city of Shalem has become the biblical city of Shalom, Peace. The name consists of two elements: yrw and salem [el'v]. Hier hält er seine große Endzeitrede, lehrt seine Jünger das Vater unser, zieht über diesen Berg in Jerusalem ein, fährt schließlich vom Ölberg aus in den Himmel … And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. In 1277 Jerusalem was nominally annexed to the kingdom of Sicily. Lastly, ACRA lay westward of Moriah and northward of Zion, and formed the "lower city" in the time of Josephus. (, Gate Harsith (perhaps the Sun; Authorized Version East gate). Apostelgeschichte, 6. Jerusalem (/ dʒ ə ˈ r uː s əl ə m /; Hebrew: יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ‎ Yerushaláyim; Arabic: القُدس ‎ al-Quds or Bayt al-Maqdis, also spelled Baitul Muqaddas) is a city in the Middle East, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. She caused a church to be built on what was then supposed to be the place of the nativity at Bethlehem. David began the process of establishing the royal and religious nature of Jerusalem, but it was Solomon who transformed the former Jebusite stronghold into a truly capital and national cultic center. Heute sind alle drei monotheistischen Weltreligionen hier verwurzelt. 826. See more. +49 (0) 7031 74 14 - 177. With the fall of the Abassides the holy city passed into the hands of the Fatimite dynasty, under whom the sufferings of the Christians in Jerusalem reached their height. 4000-3100b.c. 4, - 2. It is thus nearly a mile in circumference, and contains 35 acres. Compiled & Edited by BST & Crosswalk Staff, Bible Dictionaries - Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jerusalem, Baker's Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Bible Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem, Bible Dictionaries - Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Jerusalem, Bible Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem, California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information, Jerusalem, if not actually in the centre of Palestine, was yet virtually so. Then Jerusalem shall become the city of peace indeed. ( 2 Kings 25:4 ; Jeremiah 39:4 ) Horse gate. Die Bibel macht klar, dass es ein souveränes jüdisches Jerusalem sein wird, in das der Herr wiederkommt. Briefe und 7. L Who has seen such things? Be & Be Verlag, Heiligenkreuz, 2017, 201 S., ISBN 978-3-903118-39-3, EUR 12,90 Welche Punkte es bei dem Kauf Ihres Bedeutung jerusalem judentum zu beachten gilt Unser Team hat unterschiedlichste Hersteller & Marken ausführlichst verglichen und wir präsentieren Ihnen hier alle Resultate des Vergleichs. U It was built as the city enlarged in size; begun by Uzziah 140 years after the first wall was finished, continued by Jotham 50 years later, and by Manasseh 100 years later still. Welche Bedeutung hat Jerusalem theologisch, archäologisch, aber auch persönlich? 1. bibelkommentare.de - Auslegungen und Kommentare zur Bibel von Brüdern wie Darby, Kelly, Mackintosh, Smith, Hole, Heijkoop, Willis, bibelkommentar And he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the king's garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David. ( 2 Chronicles 25:23 ; 26:9 ; Jeremiah 31:38 ; Zechariah 14:10 ) Gate of Joshua, governor of the city. Zion, then, was the fortified hill of Jebus conquered by David. Roads. Diese Stadt ist ein Symbol für eine Gruppe Christen, auch als Braut Christi bezeichnet, die in Gottes himmlischem Königreich regieren werden. The priests' quarter grew up on Ophel, south of the Temple, where also was Solomon's Palace outside the original city of David. Through changing usage over the centuries the name has migrated to the west, but archaeology has shown that the original site was identical with the City of David. Justinian added several churches and hospitals about A.D. 532. Jerusalem in the New Testament. ‣ ( 13:33 ). besiedelt. How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not! ... Dabei bezieht er sich zweifelsohne auf die Bedeutung des Namens „Jerusalem". Jerusalem. Long an object of veneration and conflict, Jerusalem has been governed by an extended series of dynasties and states over centuries. "It was on the ridge, the broadest and most strongly-marked ridge of the backbone of the complicated hills which extend through the whole country from the plain of Esdraelon to the desert.". Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Who has heard such a thing? The first siege appears to have taken place almost immediately after the death of Joshua --cir. The city was central to the early Christian community, and its leaders frequented the temple as a place of prayer. In Jerusalem Stephen delineated the differences between Christianity and mainstream Judaism. In the Synoptic Gospels Jerusalem is first mentioned in connection with the birth stories of Jesus: Zechariah's vision in the temple ( Luke 1:5-23 ), the visit of the Magi ( Matt2:1-12 ), and the presentation of the infant Jesus ( Luke 2:22-38 ).Luke records the visit of Jesus to the temple at age twelve ( 2:41-50 ), and in fact New Testament references to Jerusalem are predominantly in Luke-Acts. And some postresurrection appearances of Jesus took place in Jerusalem ( 24:33-49 ) where his disciples were to await the coming of the Holy Spirit ( 24:49 ). The Amarna Letters from Late Bronze Age Egypt (fourteenth century b.c. Unless otherwise indicated, all content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Shall a land be born in one day? Was macht die Stadt wirklich besonders? A Song of Ascents. ‣ Proud member These ravines leave the level of the table-land, the one on the west and the other on the northeast of the city, and fall rapidly until they form a junction below its southeast corner. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the Creative Commons CC0 License; all unstructured text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. The houses are of hewn stone, with flat roofs and frequent domes. And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets. Jerusalem wird zuerst in 1. The "Kings Pool" was probably identical with the "Fountain of the Virgin," at the southern angle of Moriah. Diese Stadt ist ein Symbol für eine Gruppe Christen, auch als Braut Christi bezeichnet, die in Gottes himmlischem Königreich regieren werden. Er machte es zur Hauptstadt seines Reiches, das die beiden ursprünglich selbständigen Teile … The pool of which tradition has assigned the name of BETHESDA is situated on the north side of Moriah; it is now named Birket Israil . Outside the walls on the west side were the Upper and Lower Pools of GIHON, the latter close under Zion, the former more to the northwest on the Jaffa road. Jerusalem definition, a city in Israel: an ancient holy city and a center of pilgrimage for Jews, Christians, and Muslims; divided between Israel and Jordan 1948–67; Jordanian sector annexed by Israel 1967; Israel's capital since 1950 (but not recognized as such by the international community). Even the latest explorations have failed to decide exactly what was its course. Herodian Jerusalem survived until the war with Rome in 66-70 a.d.; the city then suffered siege and destruction. Isaiah, for example, understood that the Lord would shield Jerusalem ( 31:5 ), but he was also aware that certain conditions did apply ( 1:19-20 ; 7:9 b). And he was standing in the gateway. ( 2 Chronicles 33:14 ; Nehemiah 3:13 ; Zephaniah 1:10 ) Dung gate. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Thus says the Lord of hosts: If it is marvelous in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my sight, declares the Lord of hosts? The restoration of the Jewish people to Jerusalem was decreed by the Persian ruler Cyrus following his conquest of Babylon in 539 b.c. Jerusalem Jerusalem, himmlisches Jerusalem, Zerstörung (587 v. The Chronicler, writing in the postexilic period, has connected the place of the offering of Isaac with not only Jerusalem but specifically with the Temple Mount. Hebron indeed is higher still by some hundred feet, and from the south, accordingly (even from Bethlehem), the approach to Jerusalem is by a slight descent. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain. ‣ H As a Catholic Bible, it includes 73 books: the 39 books shared with the Hebrew Bible, along with the seven deuterocanonical books as the Old Testament, and the 27 books shared by all Christians as the New Testament.It also contains copious footnotes and introductions. The church of the Holy Sepulchre, which is claimed, but without sufficient reason, to be upon the site of Calvary, is "a collection of chapels and altars of different ages and a unique museum of religious curiosities from Adam to Christ." Ariel. ( Nehemiah 3:15 ) The Mount of Olives, as its name, and the names of various places upon it seem to imply, was a fruitful spot. I say again, no wonder the devil works through men to attempt to destroy God’s sovereign intentions for Israel. Paul and Jerusalem. The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. "of gardens") opened on this side of the city. And the workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall till it. Salem. ( Nehemiah 2:13 ; 3:13 ) Sheep gate. And they will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”. Allen drei großen Offenbarungsreligionen - Judentum, Christentum und Islam - ist Jerusalem eine heilige Stadt: Hier stand das Allerheiligste der Juden, für Christen ist es der Ort von Jesu Leiden und Auferstehung und für Muslime ist Jerusalem die drittwichtigste Stadt nach Mekka und Medina. For you are strangers and sojourners with me. He also greatly strengthened and adorned the city, and it became the great centre of all the civil and religious affairs of the nation ( Deuteronomy 12:5 ; comp 12:14 ; 14:23 ; 16:11-16 ; Psalms 122 ). Cite this page: Editor: Stephen Smith. 15.05.2019 - Erkunde Mantrasos Pinnwand „Jerusalem“ auf Pinterest. har) in the Old Testament. “What are you to me, O Tyre and Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? It is surmounted by a dome, whose top is 170 feet from the ground. 332 it was captured by Alexander the Great. --The main cemetery of the city seems from an early date to have been where it is still --on the steep slopes of the valley of the Kedron. From that time to the present day, with few intervals, Jerusalem has remained in the hands of the Moslems. The eschatological view of Jerusalem that developed among Christians, aside from that of Judaism (cf. Machane Yehuda Market. ... And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion. For you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried my rich treasures into your temples. … When her people fell into the hand of the foe, and there was none to help her, her foes gloated over her; they mocked at her downfall. The name of MOUNT MOUNT ZION has been applied to the western hill from the time of Constantine to the present day. 702. You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married. Another emendation would yield "the mountain of God, " congruent with similar references noted above. It possesses the peculiarity that it rises and falls at irregular periods; it is supposed to be fed form the cistern below the temple. Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. New Testament Jerusalem is Herodian Jerusalem, a city four centuries beyond the time of Ezra-Nehemiah. But now they are hidden from your eyes. When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. “And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. Jerusalem is ultimately the sign for the restoration of the entire God-created world being restored to Him. Er gehört auch zu Jerusalem. The Syrian Seleucid dynasty wrested control of Jerusalem from the Egyptians in 198 b.c. After describing these walls, Josephus adds that the whole circumference of the city was 33 stadia, or nearly four English miles, which is as near as may be the extent indicated by the localities. --If, as is possible, Salem is the same with Jerusalem, the first mention of Jerusalem is in ( Genesis 14:18 ) about B.C. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. And it shall be inhabited, for there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction. And I will enter into judgment with them there, on behalf of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations and have divided up my land. Modern Jerusalem "lies near the summit of a broad mountain-ridge, which extends without interruption from the plain of Esdraelon to a line drawn between the southern end of the Dead Sea and the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean." Gardens. Q The name "Zion" is seldom used in historical passages, but it occurs frequently in poetic and prophetic compositions as a synonym for all Jerusalem. Its elevation is remarkable; occasioned not from its being on the summit of one of the numerous hills of Judea, like most of the towns and villages, but because it is on the edge of one of the highest table-lands of the country. the city of David, ( 2 Chronicles 32:6 ) the "street facing the water gate," ( Nehemiah 8:1 Nehemiah 8:3 ) or, according to the parallel account in 1 Esdr. Jerusalem was established as a Canaanite city by the Chalcolithic period (ca. Publication date: Dec 9, 2020. “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 588. The Via Dolorosa, or street of sorrows, is a part of the street thorough which Christ is supposed to have been led on his way to his crucifixion. Sehr oft haben Tiere eine symbolische Bedeutung in der Bibel. Streets, properly so called, there were, ( Jeremiah 5:1 ; 11:13 ) etc. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! In B.C. It was thrice taken by Nebuchadnezzar, in the years B.C. The demise of the kingdom of Judah brought the political rule of the Davidic dynasty to a close; thereafter the rule of the Davidic house was perceived in messianic and eschatological terms. T Später wurde das Laubhüttenfest mit einer Wallfahrt nach Jerusalem verbunden und wie das Passafest dort am Tempel gefeiert. And the man said to me, “Son of man, look with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart upon all that I shall show you, for you were brought here in order that I might show it to you. Jede der drei Religionen verbindet mit dem Tempelberg ein wichtiges Ereignis. and work on the temple was accelerated through the prodding of the prophets Haggai and Zechariah; the structure was completed and dedicated in 516 b.c. The remainder of the length alongside the holy portion shall be 10,000 cubits to the east, and 10,000 to the west, and it shall be alongside the holy portion. The Heavenly Jerusalem. And the name of the city from that time on shall be, The Lord Is There.”. Moriah. Poetic parallel construction in Psalm 76:2 ( Heb 76:3 ) equates Salem with Zion. At the same time, the Dead Sea Scroll community who deemed the Jerusalem temple despised by God, contemplated a New Jerusalem, completely rebuilt as a Holy City and with a new temple as its centerpiece (Temple Scroll). ( 2 Chronicles 23:5 ) Gate of the guard, or behind the guard, ( 2 Kings 11:6 2 Kings 11:19 ); called the high gate. From the great maritime plain of Philistia and Sharon. Jesus nennt sich selbst den guten Hirten. R Matthew recalls the sanctity of Jerusalem as the "holy city" ( 4:5 ), and Jesus refers to it as "the city of the Great King" ( 5:35 ). At the close of this period they fell under the rule of Herod and of members of his family, but practically under Rome, till the time of the destruction of Jerusalem, A.D. 70. Persian political policy dominated the returnees. The name"Zion" in Matthew refers to fulfilled prophecy ( 21:5 ; cf. In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. K --Of the nature of these in the ancient city we have only the most scattered notices. Herod took up his residence there as soon as he was appointed sovereign, and restored the temple with great magnificence. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray. The Holy of Holies, the former center of covenant, was opened by this event to the new covenant with Christ. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? And give him no rest until he establishes Jerusalem and makes it a praise in the earth. Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: You eat flesh with the blood and lift up your eyes to your idols and shed blood; shall you then possess the land? ( 2 Kings 23:8 ) Gate between the two walls. The earliest probable occurrence of the name appears in the Execration Texts of Egypt (nineteenth to eighteenth centuries b.c.) Das „Neue Jerusalem“ wird nur zweimal in der Bibel erwähnt, nämlich in Offenbarung 3:12 und Offenbarung 21:2. The name is there spelt Uru-Salim ("city of peace"). How sudden is their descent may be gathered from the fact that the level at the point of junction -about a mile and a quarter from the starting-point of each-- is more than 600 feet below that of the upper plateau from which they began their descent. D [1300–50; ME bible, bibel ‹ OF bible ‹ ML biblia (fem. He rebuilt it and covered it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. Second Samuel recounts David's conquest of Jebus, exploiting the secret watershaft from the spring Gihon outside the city wall to its exit within the city.