David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his tent.

These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

David took the golden shields that belonged to Hadadezer’s servants and brought them to Jerusalem.

Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without seeing the king’s face.

So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and remained there.

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

So the king said to Barzillai, “Cross over with me, and I will take care of you while you are with me in Jerusalem.”

They went through all the land and after nine months and twenty days came back to Jerusalem.

Solomon ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem for forty years.

In King Rehoboam’s fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem.

He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom.

He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.

He was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem.

His servants took his body back to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David.

Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there.

His body was carried back by horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David.

For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion. The intense devotion of the sovereign Lord to his people will accomplish this.

He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my home.”

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

At that time the generals of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city.