A proclamation was circulated throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles were to be assembled in Jerusalem.

the king of Jerusalem (one), the king of Hebron (one),

So I came to Jerusalem. When I had been there for three days,

Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly.

The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem:

I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem.

You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence.

Then came the feast of the Dedication in Jerusalem.

Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper!

So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem’s fortresses.”

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

Now when Absalom and all the men of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, Ahithophel was with him.

When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned,

The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.

But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah’s reign, such a Passover of the Lord was observed in Jerusalem.

Some from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem.

Solomon ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem for forty years.

Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem; he built up these fortified cities throughout Judah: