As can be reiterated from Wikipedia: "In the course of its history, Jerusalem has been destroyed twice, besieged 23 times, attacked 52 times, and captured and recaptured 44 times.
Ngokusho mlando, u-Eric H. inganakeki, "iJerusalema ubelokhu izikhathi 23 phama, ahlasela izikhathi 52 ezengeziwe futhi abuye ayithumba izikhathi 44."