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walled cities were not all that common. so, conquering a previously built walled city made a whole lot more sense than trying to establish one of his own. when the israelites had, first, settled the country a couple of centuries earlier, they had not taken jerusalem. jerusalem had remained in the hands of the native population, which the bible describes as jebusites. and they were holdouts. they were still hanging onto that last little bit of canaan. today, essentially, again, in a political discourse, whereby some modern palestinians argue that they are their ancestors. it s so important to understand jerusalem s history because many of the modern conflicts are rooted in the past. ....
Going to favor his home tribes? he s going to choose a capital that will be a compromise. he settles on a small-mountain enclave built by canaanites over 2,000 years earlier. jerusalem. jerusalem is a particularly unpromising spot to have become as important as it became. it doesn t have a strategic location. it s not even on a waterway, on a river, or anything like that. jerusalem was chosen as a capital city because of where it lay. it was right in the middle. kind of, like, washington, d.c. and the united states. the great thing about jerusalem was it was impregnable. it was a fortified-strong point, which made it very attractive. ....
at a time of ottoman islam rule, the british badly wanted to control the holy land. against british government policy in palestine. we are the only people in the world. for israelis, the creation of the state of israel is seen as a miracle. and, of course, for the palestinians, it s a great disaster. the history of jerusalem. a very complicated story. and if you don t know it, in its complexity, it s very hard to understand what s going on there, today. the past is never dead. and if there is a city in the world, to which that applies, it s jerusalem. ....
Have in the bible have been proven by archaeological means. others are stories that we have to take the narrative, depending on how you believe in your faith tradition. i think, what we have to remember is that the religious assertions are what made jerusalem what it is. for centuries, people who lived in and around jerusalem accepted that as a truth. so when we are reading the biblical stories, yes, we are reading the history of jerusalem. and the story of the holy city begins around 1,000 b.c. in the land of canon. the major kingdoms were the egyptian kingdom to the south. this land in between, that was just a battlefield that the big ....
Ceremony, and he marches the arc of the covenant up the hill and into jerusalem. david wants this big show to show the people that they re no longer a nomadic people. the problem with it is before he moved the arc of the covenant to jerusalem, god lived with his people. after he moved it there, god lived at jerusalem. and that just sets up centuries of coming conflict over this physical place. but for now, the united kingdom is thriving. 12 rival tribes have, finally, found peace under king david s rule. david has worked, all of his life, has trusted god. he s worked hard. he started off as a simple shepherd. he s fought all of these ....