יְרוּשָׁלֵםYᵉrûwshâlêm
proper name [of a location]: Jerusalem (Daniel 5:2; Daniel 5:3; Daniel 6:11; Ezra 4:8; Ezra 4:12)
Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lame' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3390
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 26 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 4:8 Rehum the governor and Shimshai the court secretary wrote the letter, telling King Artaxerxes about the situation in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 4:12 “The king should know that the Jews who came here to Jerusalem from Babylon are rebuilding this rebellious and evil city. They have already laid the foundation and will soon finish its walls.
- Ezra 4:20 Powerful kings have ruled over Jerusalem and the entire province west of the Euphrates River, receiving tribute, customs, and tolls.
- Ezra 4:23 When this letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai, and their colleagues, they hurried to Jerusalem. Then, with a show of strength, they forced the Jews to stop building.
- Ezra 4:24 The Rebuilding Resumes So the work on the Temple of God in Jerusalem had stopped, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia.
- Ezra 5:1 At that time the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem. They prophesied in the name of the God of Israel who was over them.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).