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Sprucing Up for Jerusalem’s 3,000th Anniversary

By Hershel Shanks

Jerusalem will celebrate its 3,000th anniversary as the capital of Israel in 1996. The tri-millennium began with King David’s capture of the city from the Canaanite Jebusites, as recorded in the Bible (2 Samuel 5:6–9 and 1 Chronicles 11:4–8).

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Footnotes

1.

See “Magnificent Jerusalem Tombs a Garbage Dump,” BAR 20:06; Leen and Kathleen Ritmeyer, “Akeldama—Potter’s Field or High Priest’s Tomb,” BAR 20:06; and Gideon Avni and Zvi Greenhut, “Akeldama—Resting Place of the Rich and Famous,” BAR 20:06.

2.

See Dan Gill, “How They Met,” and Terence Kleven, “Up the Waterspout,” BAR 20:04.

3.

See Eilat Mazar, “Royal Gateway to Ancient Jerusalem Uncovered,” BAR 15:03.