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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.

Nearby biblical places

Judea

About 0 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Bethlehem

About 8 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jericho

About 23 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Jordan

About 31 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 56 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Jerusalem today

Find the traditionally identified site on a modern map.

Jerusalem is approached here as a present-day map point rather than a speculative route guide. Use the coordinates and outbound map links to place the site inside its wider landscape.

Jerusalem is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Jerusalem

31.777°N · 35.234°E

Key passages

Appears in

Jeremiah

42 chapters · 133 verse mentions

2 Chronicles

32 chapters · 122 verse mentions

Isaiah

32 chapters · 73 verse mentions

Acts

23 chapters · 70 verse mentions

2 Kings

13 chapters · 61 verse mentions

Ezra

10 chapters · 51 verse mentions

Ezekiel

21 chapters · 44 verse mentions

Zechariah

9 chapters · 42 verse mentions

Psalms

25 chapters · 38 verse mentions

Luke

14 chapters · 38 verse mentions

2 Samuel

14 chapters · 37 verse mentions

Nehemiah

10 chapters · 35 verse mentions

1 Kings

11 chapters · 30 verse mentions

1 Chronicles

15 chapters · 28 verse mentions

John

10 chapters · 18 verse mentions

Lamentations

4 chapters · 15 verse mentions

Matthew

10 chapters · 15 verse mentions

Mark

8 chapters · 14 verse mentions

Micah

5 chapters · 12 verse mentions

Daniel

4 chapters · 10 verse mentions

Joshua

4 chapters · 9 verse mentions

Song of Solomon

6 chapters · 8 verse mentions

Zephaniah

2 chapters · 7 verse mentions

Joel

2 chapters · 6 verse mentions

Ecclesiastes

2 chapters · 5 verse mentions

Romans

1 chapter · 5 verse mentions

Galatians

3 chapters · 5 verse mentions

Judges

2 chapters · 4 verse mentions

2 Corinthians

2 chapters · 4 verse mentions

Revelation

3 chapters · 4 verse mentions

Obadiah

1 chapter · 3 verse mentions

Amos

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

Malachi

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

1 Corinthians

1 chapter · 2 verse mentions

1 Samuel

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Esther

1 chapter · 1 verse mention

Hebrews

1 chapter · 1 verse mention