{"id":10765,"date":"2007-06-30T20:45:56","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T01:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=10765"},"modified":"2024-12-14T17:06:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T23:06:47","slug":"how-big-was-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-big-was-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"How big was Jerusalem?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h2>Question:<\/h2>\n<p>How big was Jerusalem in say, square miles?<\/p>\n\t<h2>Answer:<\/h2>\n<p>In David&#8217;s day, Jerusalem occupied a space of about 12 acres (0.02 square miles), and the estimated population was about 2,000 people. During Solomon&#8217;s day, the size of the city increased to 125 acres (0.2 square miles) and the estimated population was about 25,000 people. During Jesus&#8217; day, the city had grown to cover about 425 acres (0.7 square miles), and the estimated population was about 60,000 people.<\/p>\n<h3>Reference:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20080204222333\/http:\/\/www.usm.maine.edu\/~maps\/exhibit1\/theme7.html\">Jerusalem: From Town to Metropolis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: How big was Jerusalem in say, square miles? Answer: In David&#8217;s day, Jerusalem occupied a space of about 12 acres (0.02 square miles), and the estimated population was about 2,000 people. During Solomon&#8217;s day, the size of the city increased to 125 acres (0.2 square miles) and the estimated population was about 25,000 people.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[223,963],"class_list":["post-10765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-geography","tag-jerusalem"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18889,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-lachish-reliefs-and-sennacheribs-annals\/","url_meta":{"origin":10765,"position":0},"title":"The Lachish Reliefs and Sennacherib&#8217;s Annals","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"by David Wheeler Today we will discuss a rather large archaeological discovery. 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