Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'jerusalem' occurs 1000 times in the standard works.

407 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'jerusalem' in the standard works and contain 40.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 183 minutes to read the entire list.

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Zech. 12:2-11 (11 in 10 verses)

Ether 13:3-11 (9 in 9 verses)

Ezra 1:2-7 (6 in 6 verses)

Neh. 11:1-6 (6 in 6 verses)

Hel. 8:20-22 (5 in 3 verses)

Jer. 29:1-4 (5 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 36:1-5 (5 in 5 verses)

Ezra 7:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

3 Ne. 20:33-37 (5 in 5 verses)

Neh. 12:27-29 (4 in 3 verses)

Jer. 17:25-27 (4 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 32:9-12 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Chr. 34:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezra 4:23-5:2 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezra 5:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Ezra 8:29-32 (4 in 4 verses)

Jer. 27:18-21 (4 in 4 verses)

Zech. 1:14-17 (4 in 4 verses)

Zech. 1:16-19 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Ne. 1:1-4 (4 in 4 verses)

2 Kgs. 21:12-13 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:27-28 (3 in 2 verses)

Neh. 7:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Isa. 4:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Jer. 38:28-39:1 (3 in 2 verses)

Zech. 8:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

Luke 13:33-34 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 14:3-4 (3 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 15:2-4 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Kgs. 25:8-10 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 1:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 21:20-22:2 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 30:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Chr. 36:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 6:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 7:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Ezra 10:7-9 (3 in 3 verses)

Neh. 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Ps. 137:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

Isa. 10:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 4:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 17:19-21 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 34:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 35:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 52:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Zech. 14:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Luke 2:41-43 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 8:25-27 (3 in 3 verses)

Acts 21:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 2:11-13 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 7:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Ne. 17:20-22 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 20:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 25:4-6 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 15:63 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 14:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 15:2 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:17 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Kgs. 18:22 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 12:13 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 19:8 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:1 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 25:23 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 26:3 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 30:26 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Chr. 35:24 (2 in 1 verse)

Ezra 3:8 (2 in 1 verse)

Neh. 2:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Isa. 52:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 3:17 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 36:9 (2 in 1 verse)

Jer. 37:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 9:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Matt. 23:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Acts 1:12 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:4 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Ne. 1:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 12:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Mosiah 15:30 (2 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 16:19 (2 in 1 verse)

Judg. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 5:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 5:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 19:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 20:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 10:26-27 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Kgs. 12:27-28 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 12:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 14:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 23:30-31 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Kgs. 24:20-25:1 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 3:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 14:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 21:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 12:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 28:27-29:1 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 30:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:22-23 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Chr. 32:33-33:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezra 1:11-2:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 1:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 3:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 4:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Neh. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Ps. 122:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 52:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 62:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Isa. 65:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 4:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 7:34-8:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 11:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 15:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 23:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 37:11-12 (2 in 2 verses)

Jer. 52:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

Lam. 1:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 14:21-22 (2 in 2 verses)

Ezek. 16:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Dan. 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 2:32-3:1 (2 in 2 verses)

Joel 3:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 9:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

Zech. 14:16-17 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 20:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Mark 10:32-33 (2 in 2 verses)

John 4:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

John 5:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Acts 22:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Rom. 15:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 1:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Gal. 4:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 3:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 7:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 10:3-4 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 16:35-36 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 8:24-25 (2 in 2 verses)

2 Ne. 25:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

Jacob 2:31-32 (2 in 2 verses)

Alma 21:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Hel. 16:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 1:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

3 Ne. 21:23-24 (2 in 2 verses)

Morm. 3:18-19 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 670 0 670
Josh. 9 0 9
Judg. 5 0 5
1 Sam. 1 0 1
2 Sam. 30 0 30
1 Kgs. 29 0 29
2 Kgs. 63 0 63
1 Chr. 24 0 24
2 Chr. 127 0 127
Ezra 48 0 48
Neh. 38 0 38
Esth. 1 0 1
Ps. 17 0 17
Eccl. 5 0 5
Song. 8 0 8
Isa. 49 0 49
Jer. 108 0 108
Lam. 7 0 7
Ezek. 26 0 26
Dan. 10 0 10
Joel 6 0 6
Amos 2 0 2
Obad. 2 0 2
Micah 8 0 8
Zeph. 4 0 4
Zech. 41 0 41
Mal. 2 0 2
NT 144 0 144
BM 161 0 161
DC 20 0 20
PGP 5 0 5
TOTAL 1000 0 1000

2 Sam. 5:5
In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.

2 Sam. 5:6
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.

2 Sam. 5:13
And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.

2 Sam. 5:14
And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

2 Sam. 8:7
And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 9:13
So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet.

2 Sam. 10:14
And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 11:1
And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 11:12
And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow.

2 Sam. 12:31
And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brickkiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 14:23
So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 14:28
So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face.

2 Sam. 15:8
For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.

2 Sam. 15:11
And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing.

2 Sam. 15:14
And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

2 Sam. 15:29
Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.

2 Sam. 15:37
So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 16:3
And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

2 Sam. 16:15
And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him.

2 Sam. 17:20
And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 19:19
And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

2 Sam. 19:25
And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?

2 Sam. 19:33
And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 19:34
And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

2 Sam. 20:2
So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

2 Sam. 20:3
And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood.

2 Sam. 20:7
And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

2 Sam. 20:22
Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

2 Sam. 24:8
So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

2 Sam. 24:16
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.