Biblical place
Where was Jerusalem?
The city at the heart of biblical kingship, temple worship, the passion narratives, and Christian memory.
First appears in Joshua 10:1 · 37 books · 348 chapters
Overview
Jerusalem is the central holy city of the Bible, tied to Davidic kingship, the temple, prophetic hope, the death and resurrection of Jesus, and the earliest Christian community.
Jerusalem is represented in the local geography layer as Jerusalem. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Joshua 10:1 and is mentioned across 37 books, with 955 verse references collected into the glossary index.
Key passages
Appears in
42 chapter s · 133 verse mentions
32 chapter s · 122 verse mentions
32 chapter s · 73 verse mentions
23 chapter s · 70 verse mentions
13 chapter s · 61 verse mentions
10 chapter s · 51 verse mentions
21 chapter s · 44 verse mentions
9 chapter s · 42 verse mentions
25 chapter s · 38 verse mentions
14 chapter s · 38 verse mentions
14 chapter s · 37 verse mentions
10 chapter s · 35 verse mentions
11 chapter s · 30 verse mentions
15 chapter s · 28 verse mentions
10 chapter s · 18 verse mentions
4 chapter s · 15 verse mentions
10 chapter s · 15 verse mentions
8 chapter s · 14 verse mentions
5 chapter s · 12 verse mentions
4 chapter s · 10 verse mentions
4 chapter s · 9 verse mentions
6 chapter s · 8 verse mentions
2 chapter s · 7 verse mentions
2 chapter s · 6 verse mentions
2 chapter s · 5 verse mentions
1 chapter · 5 verse mentions
3 chapter s · 5 verse mentions
2 chapter s · 4 verse mentions
2 chapter s · 4 verse mentions
3 chapter s · 4 verse mentions
1 chapter · 3 verse mentions
2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions
2 chapter s · 2 verse mentions
1 chapter · 2 verse mentions
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention
1 chapter · 1 verse mention