Jerusalem - "The City Of Peace" - And Its Conflicts
by Pastor Wesley Darby -1977
JERUSALEM - "THE CITY OF PEACE" - AND ITS CONFLICTS
2000 BC - Named in Egyptian records as an enemy
1913 BC - Melchisedek - Gen. 14:18 - King of Salem?
1048 BC - David from Jebusites - II Sam. 5:9
930 BC - Plundered city - Shcshenk I, Egypt - I Ki. 14:25; II Chron. 12:2
850 ? - Philistines & Arabs from Jehoram - II Chron21:10
827 BC - Joash from Amaziah - II Chron. 25:23; II Ki. 14:13
741-26 BC - Ahaz & Assyria - II Chron. 28:16
734 BC - by Aram & N. Israel
701 BC - Siege by Sennacherib
598-97 - Babylon - Jehochim Surrendered - later rebelled - II Ki. 24:10-16
*587 & 598 BC - Nebuch. from Zedekiah - II Chron. 3611
450 BC - Sacked by Persians
332 BC - Alexander the Great
320 BC - Ptolemy Sotar destroyed Temple
203 BC - Antiochus the Great
170 BC - Antiochus Epiphanes defiled Temple with pig
168 BC - Destroyed by Antiochus Epiphanes
166 BC - Mattathias & Judas Maccabaeus
165 BC - General Jason & the Maccabaeus
163-62 BC - Siege of Akra & Temple
146 BC - Siege of Akra
134 BC - Siege & leveling of walls - by Antiochus VII
65 BC - Pompey - for Rome
65 BC - Unsuccessful siege by Nabateans
63 BC - Destruction of Temple by Crassus
40 BC - Capture by Parthians - Jews called them Liberators
37 BC - Siege & Partial destruction - Herod & Sosius slew Antigonus, last of
Maccabean King-priests
19 BC - Herodian Temple begun
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Jesus walked in a captive city
65 AD - Insurrection & some ruin on visit of Florus
66 AD - Unsuccessful siege by Cestus Gallus
*70 AD - Titus destroyed city for Rome
131 AD - Seizure by Bar Chohebe
132-135 AD - Hadrian took it again for Rome & Byzantine
614-617 AD - Chrosroes of Persia took from Romans
628-629 AD - Heraclius - Byzantine from Persians
637 AD - Omar, Mohamodin took from Christians
842 AD - Capture by Moslem Rebels
937 AD - Ruin of all Christian buildings
969 AD - Occupation by Fatimite Dynasty
1010 AD - Destruction by Khalif Hakim
1075 AD - Occupation by Seljik Turk
1096 AD - Siege & Capture by Afdhal
*1099 AD - July 15 Massacre of Jews & Muslims by Crusaders
1187 AD - Saladin took it back for Arabs
1219 AD - Destruction of Walls
1229 AD - Capture by Emir of Kerak
1239 AD - Surrender to Frederick II
*1244 AD - Capture by Kharesimians
1480 AD - Plunder by Arabs
*1517 AD - Selim, Ottoman Turk took from Egyptians - his son, Sulieman, built
present walls
1799 AD - Napoleon almost made it
1825 AD - Bombarded by Turks
1831 AD - Occupation by Ibrahim Pasha - Egyptian
1841 AD - Retaken by Turks
1917 AD - General Allenby took it from Turks peaceably Dec. 11
1948 AD - July 18 - Jews & Arabs (Jordan) divided city
1967 AD - June 6th - Jews claimed all of city - to Jordan River - and is now open
1977 AD - The King of Egypt visited Jerusalem talking PEACE
EVENTS YET TO HAPPEN
King of the South - Egypt - Ezek. 38 - attacks Jerusalem
We may be on the earth to see this
King of the North rushes to join the fight and modern Jerusalem will be destroyed.
King of the West - defeats Russian and Arab armies in the valley of Armageddon
(a). Moves in and rebuilds Jerusalem with great treaties with Israel.
Promising hope this man is acclaimed as the Messiah - but is the Anti-
Christ.
King of the East attacks - Rev. 9:16 - 200 million men. Armageddon (b). sees the
intervention of Christ Rev. 19-17 Christ captures the armies of the world
and establishes the Millennium.
Then after 1,000 years Satan is loosed, and the battle Gog and Magog occurs - Rev. 20:8 - during which God intervenes and destroys the world by fire - Then the new heaven and the new earth - and the New Jerusalem.
* - Terrible massacres - bloody beyond imagination!
