quarter of a town

East Square

Today in Jerusalem

In ruins: c. 586 BC – c. 539 BC

Jerusalem: Burnt by Nebuchadnezzar's army (587 or 586 BC, the year is disputed); the exiles returned under Cyrus in 538 BC. In AD 70 Titus's army destroyed the city and the Temple; a Roman legion camped in the ruins until Aelia Capitolina was built c. AD 130.

Verses (1)

2 Chr 29:4: And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,

King James Version