Capture of Jerusalem

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The Capture of Jerusalem refers to King David’s conquest of the Jebusite-held city, after which he established it as the political and religious capital of ancient Israel.

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Label Occurrences
Capture of Jerusalem canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Testament event ⓘ
biblical event ⓘ
military conquest ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty House of David ⓘ
biblicalReference 1 Chronicles 11:4–9 ⓘ
2 Samuel 5:6–10 ⓘ
capturedFortress Zion ⓘ
stronghold of Zion ⓘ
describedIn First Book of Chronicles ⓘ
linked to: 1 Chronicles

Second Book of Samuel ⓘ
linked to: 2 Samuel
followedBy bringing of the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem ⓘ
construction of David’s palace ⓘ
fortification of the City of David ⓘ
hasAlternativeName David’s capture of Zion ⓘ
conquest of Jebus ⓘ
hasApproximateDate 10th century BCE ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact Jerusalem becoming symbolic city of Davidic dynasty ⓘ
hasHistoricalDebate scholarly discussion on date and scale of the conquest ⓘ
hasLocation City of David ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
hasMainProtagonist King David ⓘ
hasOpponent Jebusites ⓘ
hasOutcome defeat of the Jebusites ⓘ
integration of Jerusalem into the united monarchy ⓘ
hasPrecedingCapital Hebron ⓘ
hasReligiousSignificance foundation of Jerusalem as religious center of Israel ⓘ
hasRulerAfterConquest King David ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance control of central highlands route ⓘ
neutral location between northern and southern tribes ⓘ
hasTheologicalTheme divine support for Davidic kingship ⓘ
involvesFigure Joab son of Zeruiah ⓘ
linked to: Joab
isPartOf history of Jerusalem ⓘ
history of ancient Israel ⓘ
reign of King David ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew
ledBy King David ⓘ
resultedIn creation of the City of David ⓘ
establishment of Jerusalem as capital of Israel ⓘ
transfer of political center from Hebron to Jerusalem ⓘ
subsequentDevelopment Jerusalem as seat of the Davidic monarchy ⓘ
planning for a central temple in Jerusalem ⓘ
tookPlaceInRegion Judah ⓘ
ancient Israel ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Israel
tradition Christian tradition ⓘ
Islamic tradition ⓘ
Jewish tradition ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2 Samuel → containsEvent → Capture of Jerusalem ⓘ
Battle of Gaza → followedBy → Capture of Jerusalem ⓘ
Battle of Jerusalem → alsoKnownAs → Capture of Jerusalem ⓘ
Battle of Nebi Samwil → followedBy → Capture of Jerusalem ⓘ