The Geography of Jerusalem

The Geography of Jerusalem

The Holy CityThe Holy City

Dr Rick Griffith • Singapore Bible College • biblestudydownloads.com

Left Stage Right StageTravel in

Ancient Israel

West & North East & South

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Jerusalem

•Disadvantages

•Advantages

•Stages

•Significance

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Jerusalem

•Disadvantages

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Left Stage Right StageTravel in

Ancient Israel

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Jerusalem was off the main

highway

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Jerusalem

•Disadvantages

•Advantages

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Jerusalem's Strategic Location112112

Central Location

Jerusalem was in Benjamin next to Judah but close to the northern tribes

Jerusalem

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Jerusalem was known as the “navel of

Israel.”

Central Location

Jerusalem

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Jerusalem

•Disadvantages

•Advantages

•Protective valleys

1. Tyropoeon

2. Hinnom

3. Kidron

1. Tyropoeon

2. Hinnom

3. Kidron

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Eastern City of David

147e“Then [Hezekiah] worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David.

(2 Chron. 32:5)

“Then [Hezekiah] worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City of David.

(2 Chron. 32:5)

Jerusalem

•Disadvantages

•Advantages

•Protective hills

•Water source

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Hezekiah's Tunnel

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Siloam InscriptionSiloam Inscription

“[...when] (the tunnel) was driven through. And this was the way in which it was cut through: While [...] (were) still [...] axe(s), each man toward his fellow, and while there were still three cubits to be cut through, [there was heard] the voice of a man calling to his fellow, for there was an overlap in the rock on the right [and on the left]. And when the tunnel was driven through, the quarrymen hewed (the rock), each man toward his fellow, axe against axe; and the water flowed from the spring toward the reservoir for 1,200 cubits, and the height of the rock above the head(s) of the quarrymen was 100 cubits.”

“[...when] (the tunnel) was driven through. And this was the way in which it was cut through: While [...] (were) still [...] axe(s), each man toward his fellow, and while there were still three cubits to be cut through, [there was heard] the voice of a man calling to his fellow, for there was an overlap in the rock on the right [and on the left]. And when the tunnel was driven through, the quarrymen hewed (the rock), each man toward his fellow, axe against axe; and the water flowed from the spring toward the reservoir for 1,200 cubits, and the height of the rock above the head(s) of the quarrymen was 100 cubits.”

Siloam Inscription

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Warren's Shaft

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Jerusalem•Disadvantages

•Advantages

•Stages

Jebusite (1500 BC)Jebusite (1500 BC)

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Model of the City of David (AD 66)(Rebuilt Old Jebusite City)

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Jerusalem•Disadvantages

•Advantages

•Stages

Jebusite (1500 BC)Jebusite (1500 BC)

Solomon (971 BC)Solomon (971 BC)

Hezekiah (700 BC)Hezekiah (700 BC)

Hezekiah (700 BC)Hezekiah (700 BC)

Herod the Great (20 BC)Herod the Great (20 BC)

Nehemiah (444 BC)Nehemiah (444 BC)

Hasmonean (100 BC)Hasmonean (100 BC)

Modern WallsModern Walls

586 BC586 BC

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Mount of

Olives

Mount of

Olives

Walls Outlined(Neh 2–3; 12)

Walls Outlined(Neh 2–3; 12)

Sheep GateSheep Gate

Tower of 100Tower of 100

Tower of HananelTower of Hananel

Fish GateFish Gate

Jeshanah (Old Gate?)Jeshanah

(Old Gate?)

Broad WallBroad Wall

Tower of the Ovens?

Tower of the Ovens?

Valley GateValley Gate

Dung GateDung Gate

Pool of Shelah (Siloam)

Pool of Shelah (Siloam)

Fountain GateFountain Gate

The AngleThe Angle

Water GateWater Gate

Great Projecting TowerGreat Projecting Tower

Wall of OphelWall of Ophel

Horse GateHorse Gate

East GateEast Gate

Inspection GateInspection Gate

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Inspection (Neh 2)Inspection (Neh 2)

Walls Built (Neh 3)Walls Built (Neh 3)

Procession (Neh 12:27-43)Procession (Neh 12:27-43)

OT Jerusalem

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•Northeast

•Temple

•Ophal

•Upper City

•Lower City

•Northeast

•Temple

•Ophal

•Upper City

•Lower City

Hills of Jerusalem117117

Jerusalem

•Disadvantages

•Advantages

•Stages

•Significance

•Jewish

•Christian

•All Nations

•Muslim

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