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Before King David's conquest of Jerusalem in the 10th century BC the city was known as Jebus and the home of the Jebusites. The Bible describes the city as heavily fortified with a strong city wall but not much is known about it.
King Solomon extended the city walls. In about 440 BCCenturies: 6th century BC 5th century BC 4th century BC Decades: 490s BC 480s BC 470s BC 460s BC 450s BC 440s BC 430s BC 420s BC 410s BC 400s BC 390s BC Years: 445 BC 444 BC 443 BC 442 BC 441 BC 440 BC 439 BC 438 BC 437 BC 436 BC 436 BC Events Meron deter, under the Persian period, NehemiahNehemiah or Nechemya "Comforted of/is the LORD", Standard Hebrew Nemya Tiberian Hebrew Nemyh was a person in the Bible, believed to be the primary author of the book of Nehemiah. He was the son of Hachaliah (Neh. 1:1), and probably of the tribe of Judah. arrived from BabylonBabylon was the capital city of Babylonia in Mesopotamia (in contemporary Iraq, about 70 miles south of Baghdad). The name is the Greek form of Babel which is derived in turn from the Semitic form Babilu meaning "The Gate of God". This Semitic word is a t and rebuilt them.In AD 41For alternate uses, see Number 41. Events January 24 Claudius succeeds his nephew Caligula as Roman Emperor. Claudius makes Agrippa king of Judea. Messalina, wife of Claudius, persuaded Claudius to have Seneca the Younger banished to Corsica on a charge o- 44For alternate uses, see Number 44. Events Emperor Claudius returns from his British campaign in triumph. Births Deaths Saint James the Great (martyrdom) Agrippa I of Judea Claudia Julia, executed niece of Claudius and Messalina (or 43/ 45). Agrippa, king of Judea, built a new city wall known as the "Third Wall".
In 135, after Emperor Hadrian's total destruction of Jerusalem and renaiming it to Aelia Capitolina he rebuilt the walls.