Siege of Jerusalem, fall of Jerusalem, or sack of Jerusalem may refer to:

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Siege of Jebus The siege of Jebus is described in passages of the Hebrew Bible as having occurred when the Israelites, led by King David, besieged and conquered the Canaanite city of Jerusalem, then known as ''Jebus'' (, , ). The Israelites gained access to the ...

(1010 BC), a siege by David, king of the

United Kingdom of Israel The United Monarchy () in the Hebrew Bible refers to Israel and Judah under the reigns of Saul, David, and Solomon. It is traditionally dated to have lasted between and . According to the biblical account, on the succession of Solomon's son Re ...

, from biblical narrative *

Sack of Jerusalem (925 BC) Shishak, Shishaq or Susac (, Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: , ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, an Egyptian pharaoh who sacked Jerusalem in the 10th century BCE. He is usually identified with the pharaoh Shoshenq I.Troy Leiland Sagrillo. 2015.Sh ...

, by Pharaoh

Shishak Shishak, Shishaq or Susac (, Tiberian: , ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible, an Egyptian pharaoh who sacked Jerusalem in the 10th century BCE. He is usually identified with the pharaoh Shoshenq I.Troy Leiland Sagrillo. 2015.Shoshenq I and bib ...

, from biblical narrative * Siege of Jerusalem, during the Syro-Ephraimite War (736–732 BCE) * Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE) by Sennacherib, king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire * Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC) by

Nebuchadnezzar II Nebuchadnezzar II (Babylonian cuneiform: ''Nabû-kudurri-uṣur'', meaning "Nabu, watch over my heir"; Biblical Hebrew: ''Nəḇūḵaḏneʾṣṣar''), also spelled Nebuchadrezzar II, was the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling ...

of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, during Judah's first revolt against Babylon *

Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) The siege of Jerusalem (circa 589–587 BCE) was the final event of the Judahite revolts against Babylon, in which Nebuchadnezzar II, king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, besieged Jerusalem, the capital city of the Kingdom of Judah. Jerusalem ...

and destruction of the city and the First Temple by Nebuchadnezzar II, during Judah's second revolt against Babylon * Siege of Jerusalem (168 BC) by Seleucid king Antiochus IV Epiphanes after revolt by Jason * Siege of Jerusalem (162 BC) by Seleucid general Lysias * Siege of Jerusalem (134 BC) by Seleucid king Antiochus VII Sidetes * Siege of Jerusalem (67 BCE) by Aristobulus II of Judea against his brother, beginning the

Hasmonean Civil War The Hasmonean Civil War was a civil war between two claimants to the Hasmonean Jewish Crown. What began as an inter-Jewish conflict became a highly decisive conflict that included the Nabataean Kingdom and ended with Roman involvement. This conf ...

* Siege of Jerusalem (64 BC) by Hyrcanus II and allied Nabataeans against his brother Aristobulus II * Siege of Jerusalem (63 BC) by Pompey the Great, intervening in the Hasmonean Civil War *

Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC) Herod the Great's siege of Jerusalem (37 or 36 BC) was the final step in his campaign to secure the throne of Judea. Aided by Roman forces provided by Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony), Herod was able to capture the city and depose Antigonus II Ma ...

by Herod the Great, ending Hasmonean rule over Judea * Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE) and destruction of the city and the

Second Temple The Second Temple (, , ), later known as Herod's Temple, was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem between and 70 CE. It replaced Solomon's Temple, which had been built at the same location in the United Kingdom of Israel before being inherited ...

by Titus, ending the major phase of the First Jewish–Roman War * Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem (614) by Shahrbaraz during the

Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 The Byzantine–Sasanian War of 602–628 was the final and most devastating of the Byzantine–Sasanian wars, series of wars fought between the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine / Roman Empire and the Sasanian Empire of Iran. The Byzantine–Sasani ...

* Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) by

Khalid ibn al-Walid Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi (; died 642) was a 7th-century Arab military commander. He initially headed campaigns against Muhammad on behalf of the Quraysh. He later became a Muslim and spent the remainder of his career in ...

during the

Muslim conquest of the Levant The Muslim conquest of the Levant ( ar, فَتْحُ الشَّام, translit=Feth eş-Şâm), also known as the Rashidun conquest of Syria, occurred in the first half of the 7th century, shortly after the rise of Islam."Syria." Encyclopædia Br ...

* Capture of Jerusalem by

Atsiz ibn Uwaq Atsiz ibn Uwaq al-Khwarizmi, also known as al-Aqsis, Atsiz ibn Uvaq, Atsiz ibn Oq and Atsiz ibn Abaq (died October 1079), was a Khwarezmian Turkish mercenary commander who established a principality in Palestine and southern Syria after seizing t ...

(1073 and 1077), Turcoman mercenary commander * Siege of Jerusalem (1099) by the Crusaders in the First Crusade * Siege of Jerusalem (1187) by Saladin, resulting in the capture of the city by the Ayyubid Muslims *

Siege of Jerusalem (1244) The 1244 siege of Jerusalem took place after the Sixth Crusade, when a Khwarazmian army conquered the city on July 15, 1244. Prelude Emperor Frederick II of the Holy Roman Empire led the Sixth Crusade from 1228 to 1229 and claimed the t ...

by the Khwarezmians, resulting in the recapture of the city from the Christians *

Siege of Jerusalem (1834) The 1834 Siege of Jerusalem took place during the Peasants' revolt in Palestine, which erupted following the entry of Egyptian general Ibrahim Pasha into Ottoman Syria and his subsequent military conscription demand upon the Arab villagers ...

by Arab villagers during the 1834 Peasants' revolt in Palestine * Battle of Jerusalem (1917), the city is captured by British and Commonwealth forces during the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I * Battle for Jerusalem during the

1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...

* Capture of East Jerusalem by Israel (1967), during the Six-Day War

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* ''Siege of Jerusalem'' (poem), a 14th-century poem depicting the events of 70 CE * ''

The Siege of Jerusalem ''The Siege of Jerusalem, 70 A.D.'' is a board wargame published by Historical Perspectives in 1976 that simulates the Roman attack on Jerusalem by Cestius Gallus. The game was subsequently bought by Avalon Hill, revised and republished in 1989. ...

'', a 1976 board wargame that simulates the events of 70 CE

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