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Jerusalem

Modern Jerusalem (Old City around the Temple Mount)
Coordinates 31.7784, 35.2354 View modern location ↗
Eras The United KingdomThe Divided KingdomExile and ReturnIntertestamental periodThe life of ChristActs and the Pauline journeys

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Jordan River — The Jordan River, Israel/Jordan borderSea of Galilee — Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), northern IsraelMount of Olives — Mount of Olives, east of JerusalemPatmos — Patmos, Greek Dodecanese islandsPatmosGolgotha (Calvary) — Traditional: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Alternative: Garden Tomb areaGarden of Gethsemane — At the foot of the Mount of Olives, JerusalemPhilippi — Krenides, near Kavala, northern GreecePhilippiEphesus — Selçuk, western TürkiyeEphesusCorinth — Ancient Corinth, near modern Korinthos, GreeceCorinthAntioch on the Orontes — Antakya, southern TürkiyeAntioch on the OrontesCapernaum — Tell Hum, northern shore of the Sea of GalileeNazareth — Nazareth, IsraelSusa (Shushan) — Shush, Khuzestan, IranSusa (Shushan)Nineveh — Mosul (Tell Kuyunjik), northern IraqNinevehJericho — Tell es-Sultan, near modern Jericho, West BankBabylon — Hillah (Tell Babil), IraqBabylonGibeon — El-Jib, West BankRome — Rome, ItalyRomeSamaria — Sebastia, West BankSamariaBethel — Beitin, West Bank (proposed)Hebron — Hebron, West BankDamascus — Damascus, SyriaDamascusBethlehem — Bethlehem, West BankBeersheba — Tel Be'er Sheva, Negev, IsraelBeershebaShechem — Tell Balata, near Nablus, West BankShechemJerusalem — Jerusalem (Old City around the Temple Mount)Jerusalem
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David captured the Jebusite stronghold and made it his capital. Solomon built the first temple; Babylon destroyed it in 586 BC; Zerubbabel and Ezra/Nehemiah rebuilt; Herod expanded; Rome destroyed it again in AD 70. The center of redemptive history through every era — including the crucifixion, resurrection, and Pentecost.

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