One Israelite captive in Babylon expressed his feelings toward the holy city this way: “Let my tongue stick to my palate, if I were not to remember you, if I were not to make Jerusalem ascend above my chief cause for rejoicing. ” ​ — Ps.
तेथे यहोवाचे मंदिर होते आणि देवाचा अभिषिक्‍त राजा तेथे राहायचा.