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Peter1469 you might be interested in this considering your posting of your topic 'Titus'
https://focusonjerusalem.com/thefallofjerusalem.html
A few Jerusalem facts:
Jerusalem is located on a high ridge, consisting of 3 hills. Along the east of the city is the Kidron Valley (in which runs the Brook Kidron, including the Pool of Gihon), to the south is the Valley of Hinnom, to the west is the Valley of Gehenna. The Mount of Olives, where Jesus was arrested, is just to the east, across the Kidron Valley.
Archaeological studies indicate that the city is very ancient, having been established perhaps more than 2,000 years before it was captured from the Jebusites by King David of Israel, about 1,000 B.C. Jerusalem had earlier been named Salem (Genesis 14:18) and Jebus (1 Chronicles 11:4). Salem meant peace.
The city is mentioned throughout the Bible, over 600 times in the Old Testament, less in the New Testament.
The first mention of the name Jerusalem is found in Joshua chapter 10.
The first Temple was constructed by Solomon over a period of about 12 years, with completion being around 950 B.C.
The original Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar about 587 B.C.
The first Temple lasted only about 360 years.
The Herodian Temple, as constructed later by Herod the Great, existed at the time of Jesus Christ. It was a continuation of the earlier reconstruction work done by Jews who had been allowed to return by the Persians after the Babylonian Captivity.
The second Temple was destroyed by the Roman Army under Titus in 70 A.D. at the conclusion of the Jewish War.
Lamentations 4:11-12 The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.