Jerusalem in the First Temple Period

Kyle H. Keimer

doi:10.4324/9781315676517

Jerusalem in the First Temple Period

Kyle H. Keimer

Department of Ancient History

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Jerusalem became the capital of a United Israelite Monarchy in the days of David (c. 1000 bce) and remained the capital even with the division of the kingdom in the days of his grandson, Rehoboam (c. 930 bce). Only with the Babylonian destruction of the city in 586 bce, which brought about the end of the monarchy and the destruction of Solomon’s Temple to Yahweh, did Jerusalem lose its regal status. This roughly 400-year period saw the expansion of Jerusalem from a settlement of only 4 hectares 1 to one of at least 60 hectares. The size of the city on the eve of the Babylonian destruction would not be reached again until the Hellenistic period.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Routledge handbook on Jerusalem
Editors	Suleiman A. Mourad, Bedross Der Matossian, Naomi Koltun-Fromm
Place of Publication	London ; New York
Publisher	Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
Chapter	2
Pages	15-24
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781315676517, 9781317385400
ISBN (Print)	9781138936935
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315676517
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

Jerusalem
Archaeology
Methodology
First Temple Period
Ancient Israel
Excavations (Archaeology)-Israel
biblical studies

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