Jerusalem
Open the place on the mapCapital of David's kingdom from −1003 and site of both Temples, destroyed in −586 and in 70. For three thousand years it has been the centre of Jewish prayer and longing, and it is the capital of Israel today.
Names through time
- Salem until −1501
- Jebus until −1004
- Jerusalem until 134
- Aelia Capitolina until 324
- Jerusalem today
What happened here
Melchizedek (Salem)−1943
The Binding of Isaac (Akedah)−1881
Rachel−1800 – −1751
Battle of Gibeon−1400
Abdi-Heba (Urusalim Canaan)−1350
Boaz−1200 – −1118
Judge Ibzan−1161 – −1154
Book of Ruth−1120 – −1080
Ahijah / Ahimelech (High Priest)−1085 – −1012
Prophet Samuel−1076 – −1010
Unified Kingdom of Israel−1050
King Saul−1050 – −1010
Battle of Michmash−1045
Abiathar (High Priest)−1012 – −969
King David−1010 – −970
Prophet Gad−1010 – −970
David captures Jerusalem−1003
Ophel Inscription−1000
Large Stone Structure−1000
Prophet Nathan−1000 – −960
King Solomon−970 – −930
Zadok (High Priest)−969 – −940
First Temple built−960- Prophet Iddo (Judah)−935 – −920
Prophet Shemaiah (Judah)−930 – −920
King Rehoboam (Judah)−930 – −913
King Abijah (Judah)−913 – −911
King Asa (Judah)−911 – −870
Prophet Azariah−910 – −890
King Jehoshaphat (Judah)−870 – −848
King Jehoram (Judah)−848 – −841
King Ahaziah (Judah)−841
Jehoiada (High Priest)−841 – −810
Queen Athaliah (Judah)−841 – −835
King Joash (Judah)−835 – −795
Prophet Joel (Judah)−830 – −800
King Amaziah (Judah)−795 – −767
King Uzziah (Judah)−767 – −740
King Jotham (Judah)−740 – −732
Prophet Isaiah (Judah)−740 – −680
Syro-Ephraimite War−734
King Ahaz (Judah)−732 – −716
King Hezekiah (Judah)−716 – −687
Hezekiah's Tunnel−705
Siloam Inscription−701
Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem−701
Bullae of Hezekiah−700
Bullae of Isaiah−700
King Manasseh (Judah)−687 – −642
Prophet Nahum (Judah)−660 – −630
King Amon (Judah)−642 – −640
Prophet Zephaniah (Judah)−640 – −620
King Josiah (Judah)−640 – −609
Hilkiah (High Priest)−640 – −609
Prophet Jeremiah (Judah)−627 – −586
Prophetess Huldah−625 – −620
Josiah's Reforms−622
Prophet Habakkuk (Judah)−610 – −600
King Jehoahaz (Judah)−609
King Jehoiakim (Judah)−608 – −598
Baruch ben Neriah−605 – −570
Ketef Hinnom Scrolls−600
Bulla of Baruch son of Neriah−600
Babylonian Capture of Jerusalem−597
King Zedekiah (Judah)−597 – −586
Prophet Obadiah (Judah)−590 – −570
Fall of Judah (Babylon)−586
First Temple Destroyed−586- Governor Gedaliah−586 – −582
Return to Zion−538
Joshua (High Priest)−538 – −516
Governor Zerubbabel−538 – −510
Prophet Haggai (Return Era)−520 – −515
Prophet Zechariah (Return Era)−520 – −480
Second Temple Completed−516
Ezra (Priest & Scribe)−458 – −440- Knesset HaGdolah−450
Prophet Malachi (Return Era)−450 – −430
Rebuilding of Jerusalem Walls−445
Governor Nehemiah−445 – −430
Yehud Coins−400
Governor Yeho'ezer−375 – −350
Governor Ahzai−350 – −330
Jaddua (High Priest)−350 – −323
Shimon HaTzadik (High Priest)−300 – −200- Yose ben Yoezer & Yose ben Yochanan−200 – −150
Book of Ben Sira−190
Zugot Period−170
Hanukkah−164
Jonathan Apphus (High Priest)−160 – −142
Yehoshua ben Perachyah & Nittai of Arbela−150 – −100
Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes−145
Jewish Independence−142
Simon Thassi (High Priest & Ruler)−142 – −134
John Hyrcanus (High Priest & Ruler)−134 – −104
Hasmonean Coins−110
Hillel the Elder−110 – 10
King Aristobulus I (High Priest & King)−104 – −103
King Alexander Jannaeus (High Priest & King)−103 – −76
Honi HaMe'agel (the Circle-Drawer)−100 – −63- Yehudah ben Tabbai & Shimon ben Shetach−100 – −60
Queen Salome Alexandra−76 – −67
Jewish Civil War−67
King Aristobulus II (High Priest & King)−67 – −63
Hyrcanus II (High Priest & King)−67 – −40
Roman Takeover−63
Shemayah & Avtalyon−60 – −30
Shammai the Elder−50 – 30
Parthian Invasion of Judea−40
King Antigonus II (High Priest & King)−40 – −37
Herodian Dynasty−37
King Herod the Great−37 – −4
Herodian Coins−36
Herod Renovates the Second Temple−20
Temple Warning Inscription−20
Trumpeting Place Inscription−20
The Western Wall (Kotel)−19
Rabban Gamliel HaZaken−10 – 50
Herodian Kingdom Split−4
Herod Archelaus (Judea)−4 – 6
Theodotus Inscription1
Joseph ben Caiaphas (High Priest)18 – 36
Caiaphas ossuary30
Eleazar ben Simon30 – 70
Simon bar Giora35 – 70
Herodian Kingdom Restored41
King Herod Agrippa I41 – 44
First Jewish–Roman War66
Great Revolt Coins67
Second Temple Destroyed70
Shimon Bar Kokhba95 – 135
Bar Kokhba Revolt132
Hadrianic expulsion135
Julian's Temple Rebuilding Attempt363
Nehemiah ben Hushiel585 – 617
Jewish–Persian Capture of Jerusalem614
Crusaders Period1099
Godfrey of Bouillon (Crusade)1099
Moses Montefiore1784 – 1885
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda1858 – 1922
Mishkenot Sha'ananim1860
Henrietta Szold1860 – 1945
Rav Kook1865 – 1935
S. Y. Agnon1888 – 1970
World War I1914
Edmund Allenby (British)1917
British Mandate1920
Herbert Samuel (British)1920
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef1920 – 2013
Hebrew University of JerusalemApr 1925
Peel Commission1937
War of Independence14 May 1948
First Knesset14 Feb 1949
Law of Return5 Jul 1950
President Yitzhak Ben-Zvi16 Dec 1952 – 23 Apr 1963
Moshe Sharett1954 – 1955
David Ben-Gurion1955 – 1963
Eichmann Trial11 Apr 1961
Levi Eshkol1963 – 1969
President Zalman Shazar21 May 1963 – 24 May 1973
Six-Day War5 Jun 1967
Reunification of Jerusalem7 Jun 1967
Golda Meir1969 – 1974
President Ephraim Katzir24 May 1973 – 29 May 1978
Yitzhak Rabin1974 – 1977
Menachem Begin1977 – 1983
Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem19 Nov 1977
President Yitzhak Navon29 May 1978 – 5 May 1983
Yitzhak Shamir1983 – 1984
President Chaim Herzog5 May 1983 – 13 May 1993
Shimon Peres1984 – 1986
Yitzhak Shamir1986 – 1992
Yitzhak Rabin1992 – 1995
President Ezer Weizman13 May 1993 – 13 Jul 2000
Shimon Peres1995 – 1996
Benjamin Netanyahu1996 – 1999
Mobileye1999
Ehud Barak1999 – 2001
President Moshe Katsav1 Aug 2000 – 1 Jul 2007
Ariel Sharon2001 – 2006
Ehud Olmert2006 – 2009
President Shimon Peres15 Jul 2007 – 24 Jul 2014
Benjamin Netanyahu2009 – 2021
President Reuven Rivlin24 Jul 2014 – 7 Jul 2021
Naftali Bennett2021 – Jul 2022
President Isaac Herzog7 Jul 2021 – present
Yair LapidJul 2022 – 29 Dec 2022
Benjamin Netanyahu29 Dec 2022 – present