ninety years
The best answer is actually from a quote by Josephus which states the circumference of Jerusalem in his day as 33 stadia, which equals 4.5 English miles. That would make the area within the walls of Jerusalem about 960 acres, 1.5 sq mi. Many archeologists believe that the walls of Jerusalem were about the same in both Nehemiah's day and Jesus' day.
AnswerThe best answer is actually from a quote by Josephus which states the circumference of Jerusalem in his day as 33 stadia, which equals 4.5 English miles. That would make the area within the walls of Jerusalem about 960 acres, 1.5 sq mi. Many archeologists believe that the walls of Jerusalem were about the same in both Nehemiah's day and Jesus' day.
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Nehemiah supervised the building of the city walls. The second Temple, built by many of the people at roughly the same time, took some five years to build.
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Solomon reigned for 40 years.
The Crusaders took Jerusalem in 1099. They lost in 1187. (This is a total of 88 years.)
About twenty-four years.
Just as his father David before him, Solomon reined in Jerusalem over the kingdom of Israel for 40 years. 1 Kings 11:42
It took place just outside the city walls of the city of Jerusalem, in a place called 'Golgotha' or 'the place of the skull'. Many believe that it was so named because of the shape of an outcrop of rock there. Nowadays, because of the expansion of the city of jerusalem, the supposed site of the crucifixion is within the modern city of Jerusalem.
The Southern Kingdom of Judah fell to Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar in 587 B.C.E. In July 587 B.C.E., the Babylonians broke through the walls of Jerusalem and one month later they burned down the Temple.
It was built as a hill-top settlement by the Pre-Canaanites and was a city-state under the Jebusites. It was eventually conquered by the Israelites and named Jerusalem. It grew slowly for many centuries until it began to overflow the city walls in the mid-1800s and continue to grow much larger.