Kidron Valley viewed from the Old City of Jerusalem, with in the lower bottom.The Kidron Valley ( transliteration, Cedron, from: נחל קדרון, Naḥal Qidron, literally Qidron River; also Qidron Valley;: وادي الجوز, Wadi el-Joz, 'Valley of the Walnut', for the upper segment near the, and Wadi en-Nar, 'Fire Valley', for the rest of it, with at least the segment at monastery also known in the 19th century as Wadi er-Rahib, 'Monk's Valley') is the valley originating slightly northeast of the of, which then separates the Temple Mount from the. It continues in a general south-easterly direction through the in the, reaching the near the of, and descending 4,000 feet (1,200 m) along its 20-mile (32 km) course. The ancient Mar Saba (') monastery is located in the lower part of the valley.In its upper part, the neighbourhood of bears the valley's Arabic name. The settlement, located on a ridge above the valley, is named after the valley's Hebrew name.The calls the upper course Emek, the ' '.
It appears in Jewish prophecies, which include the return of, followed by the arrival of the, and the and Judgment Day. Contents.Etymology The Hebrew name Qidron is derived from the root qadar, 'to be dark', and may be meant in this context as 'dusky'.In Christian tradition the similarity between the Greek word for, κέδρος ( kedros), and the Greek name of the valley as used in the, Kedron, has led to the Qidron Valley being wrongly called 'Valley of the Cedars'.
Jehoshaphat, Valley of. Mentioned in Scripture only in Joel 3:2 Joel 3:12.This is the name given in modern times to the valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, and the Kidron flows through it.
Identification with biblical locations Valley of Jehoshaphat The talks of the ' - Emek Yehoshafat' (: עמק יהושפט), meaning 'The valley where Yahweh shall judge.' Not all scholars agree with the traditional view that the Kidron Valley, as the valley situated between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives to the east, is the location of the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The Kidron Valley was not associated with the Valley of Jehoshaphat until the 4th century AD, making this identification somewhat uncertain since no actual valley of this name is known to pre-Christian antiquity.Biblical commentator claims that the Valley of Judgment is a symbolic place. King's Garden and King's Valley In the times of the kings, the Kidron Valley was identified with, at least in part, the King's Garden; the kings owned land in the area. That the upper Kidron Valley was also known as the King's Valley, in which Absalom set up his monument or 'pillar' (see; no connection to the much later '), is problematic. The Bible does not make this identification explicit, and the association can only be inferred as associated with En-rogel, which is farther down the Kidron Valley towards the desert.The name 'King's Valley' may be derived from its location just east of the palace of David in the City of David on the western slopes of the Kidron Valley and south of where the platform was built.
The so-called 'Tomb of Absalom' or the pillar of Absalom in Kidron ValleyThe three monumental tombs on the eastern side of the Kidron Valley are among the most well-known landmarks of ancient Jerusalem. These are, from north to south, the so-called ' (Hebrew: Yad Avshalom), which rises in front of the so-called 'Cave' or 'Tomb of Jehoshaphat', the (correctly named) ( Benei Hezir is the Hebrew for 'sons of Hezir', meaning the Hezir priestly family ), and the so-called ', which could quite likely be the of the Tomb of Benei Hezir.Absalom's Tomb consists of two parts. First, a lower cube hewn out of the bedrock, decorated with engaged Ionic columns bearing a Doric frieze and crowned by an Egyptian cornice. This part of the monument contains a small chamber with an entrance and two (arched funeral niches) and constitutes the actual tomb. The second part, built of ashlars, is placed on top of the rock-hewn cube. It consists of a square pedestal carrying a round drum, itself topped by a conical roof.
The cone is slightly concave and is crowned by an Egyptian-style lotus flower. The upper part has the general shape of a and is interpreted as a or monument for the tomb below, and possibly also for the adjacent 'Cave of Jehoshaphat'.
The 'Pillar of Absalom' is dated to the 1st century CE.Literally, the word means 'soul', but in a funerary context it is the term applied to a form of funerary monument. In descriptions of the tombs of the Jewish nobility, the pyramid shape is also emphasized as the mark of a tomb. This would imply that nefesh and pyramid were synonymous. The Jewish tombs in the Kidron Valley are the best examples of this form of nefesh. They appear as a rectangular, pyramid-capped monument.
Battlefield 1942 download. Similar forms of the nefesh decorate ossuaries, with the addition of a dome-capped column. In Jerusalem the nefesh as a tomb monument stood either above or beside the tomb; set on steps or on a base.
Scriptural significance Hebrew Bible It was in this valley where King Jehoshaphat is thought to have overthrown the enemies of Israel ( ).fled through the Kidron Valley during the rebellion of ( ).Chapters 29, 30 and 31 of 2 Chronicles ( ) cover King Hezekiah's call for the sanctification of the ministers of the Lord, the purification of unclean things, an invitation to all Israel and Judah to celebrate Passover in Jerusalem, and liturgical reforms. During the reforms of King around 700 BCE, as part of the of the, the removed the unclean items from the inner part of the Temple to the courts, and the carried the unclean items to Wadi Kidron ( ).Kidron Valley in Jewish eschatology The Book of Joel mentions that God will assemble all nations in the 'Valley of Jehoshaphat' (, ).Gospels According to the, crossed the valley many times travelling between Jerusalem. The valley contains the, where Jesus prayed the night before he was executed.
The name Kidron was mentioned in John 18:1.Archaeological excavations Upper course The Akeldama Tombs The Akeldma Tombs were discovered in 1989 at theconfluence of the Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, south of Jerusalem's Old City, and were excavated and published by archaeologists. In 1989, the conducted routine development work in the area. Upon widening a narrow street near one of the approaches to the village, bulldozers uncovered a number of square openings hewn into rock. The immediately stopped the road construction.
After uncovering the underground spaces, archaeologists found themselves standing inside large burial complexes which appeared intact. Moving carefully from one chamber to another, flashlights revealed an abundance of artifacts scattered on the floors, pottery and glass vessels, oil lamps and many ornamental. The three large caves proved to be part of an extensive Jewish burial ground in use at the end of the Second Temple period, which terminated in the year 70 AD, when Jerusalem was conquered and the Temple destroyed by the Roman legions. Development, development plans Upper course As of 2010, there is a controversial proposal to reconstruct part of the Kidron Valley, an Arab neighborhood of Silwan in, and turn it into a park to be called the.
Lower course A road crossing the very steep Wadi Naar (lower Kidron Valley) and connecting Arab towns has been substantially upgraded as part of the USAID effort to modernise the Arab infrastructure. An existing road has been widened and re-paved, and efforts were made to improve the route it takes. References.
Retrieved 9 December 2019. ^ Land owners angered over new West Bank road plan. Ma'an News Agency, 18 December 2010, accessed 20 September 2018. Smith, Eli (1841). Boston: Crocker & Brewster. Retrieved 9 December 2019. John Kitto, ed.
A Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature. New York: Mark H. Retrieved 9 December 2019. ^ Goffart, Walter. After Rome's Fall. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. The Necropolis from the Time of the Kingdom of Judah at Silwan, Jerusalem, David Ussishkin, The Biblical Archaeologist, Vol.
2 (May, 1970), pp. 33-46. ^ Hachlili, Rachel. Boston: Brill, Leiden, 2005. Pages 2, 30-36, 237-242.
Goodman, Martin. Jews in a Graeco-Roman World.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. ^ Adler, Marcus Nathan. The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela. London: Oxford University Press, 1907.
And Exhaustive Concordance, via BibleHub.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017. (1991). Grand Rapids, Michigan:. Retrieved 18 November 2017. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Www.godrules.net.
Kloner, Amos, and Boaz Zissu. The Necropolis of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period. Leuven: Peeters, 2007. Asher, Adolf, trans. The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela. 1, Text, Bibliography, and Translation; vol 2, Note and Essays. New York: Hakesheth Publishing Co., 1840.
^ Finegan, J. The Archeology of the New Testament. Princeton, 1969. Cohen, Shaye J. From the Maccabees to the Mishnah.
Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1987. ^. Catholic Encyclopedia. Gideon Avni and Zvi Greenhut,. Israel Antiquities Authority, 1996,. Hirschfeld, Yizhar. Qumran in Context: Reassessing the Archaeological Evidence.
Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2004., Israel Antiquities Authority website, accessed 25 September 2018. Selig, Abe (February 16, 2010). Jerusalem Post.Wikimedia Commons has media related to.External links.
Just beyond the eastern wall of Jerusalem lies the Kidron Valley and the Mount of Olives. Technically speaking, the Mount of Olives is a mountain range running north-south (Mount Scopus, Olivet, Mount of Scandal). The Kidron Valley lies between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives. Here’s a map to provide some perspective. (Temple Mount and city walls during Jesus’ day are outlined in pinkish-red.)Today, Hebrew University sits atop Mount Scopus, the Olivet is immediately east of Temple Mount, and Mount of Scandal lies to the south.
The Mount of Scandal is aptly named, as it is the location where Solomon built houses for his pagan wives. (Recall that polygamy was NOT God’s desire for mankind.)We’ll focus on Olivet, and will refer to it as the Mount of Olives, as that is how it is typically translated in our Bibles. It is rich in history! David went there weeping, to escape his son Absalom ; Ezekiel looked on as the glory of the Lord left Solomon’s temple to hover over the mount ; in a vision, Ezekiel witnessed the prophetic event of the glory of the Lord returning from the east (over the Mount of Olives) to a new temple ; and Zechariah prophesies that, at His return, the Lord’s feet will one day stand on the Mount of Olives and the mountain will split in two ! Here’s the view Jesus would have today if He stepped foot on the Mount of Olives.The small city of Bethany lies on the eastern side of the Mount of Olives, about 2 miles from the edge of Jerusalem, and was home to Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Jesus’ closest friends in the area of Jerusalem. Scripture tells us that Jesus often spent time in Bethany.
(Luke 10 and John 11, for example).Jesus came as the Jewish Messiah, yet knew that His own people would not recognize Him as their long-awaited Messiah. Thus, describes Jesus weeping over Jerusalem, while looking over the city from the Mount of Olives. Perhaps He saw it this way (minus Pastor Mark standing in the foreground teaching about it!):Jesus also described the prophetic future of Jerusalem, including its destruction, while on the Mount of Olives (, ). Likewise, after Jesus’ resurrection, He ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives (, ).
Now for a fuller view of the Mount of Olives, from Temple Mount! (Can you just picture Jesus there with His disciples? Or ascending to heaven from this hilltop!?!) Notice all the olive trees!Here is the Kidron Valley that lies between the city walls (to the right) and the Mount of Olives (to the left).On the Mount of Olives is the Garden of Gethsemane. Did you know that Gethsemane means “oil press?” It was in the Garden of Gethsemane that Jesus was “pressed” until water and blood poured through His pores. The Gospels (, ) tell us that He took His disciples there and, in agony, asked them to pray. Instead, they fell asleep.
Jesus was about to literally take on the sins of the world when He prayed, “Father, if You are willing, please take this cup from Me, yet Your will, not Mine, be done.” He was then arrested and taken to trial. He would soon be crucifiedtaking on your sins, mine, and those of the entire world. It is no wonder he sweat drops of blood.Olive trees are very difficult to destroy. Thus, though the Romans burned everything down, and other attempts have been made to remove olive trees from the area, ancient trees from the time of Jesus still stand! Here are some shots of the Garden of Gethsemane and the ancient olive trees.There you have itthe Mount of Olives.
An amazing place! Thanks for sharing today’s journey with me! Join me again tomorrow for more!Shalom!
Kidron Valley viewed from the Old City of Jerusalem, with in the lower bottom.The Kidron Valley ( transliteration, Cedron, from: נחל קדרון, Naḥal Qidron, literally Qidron River; also Qidron Valley;: وادي الجوز, Wadi el-Joz, 'Valley of the Walnut', for the upper segment near the, and Wadi en-Nar, 'Fire Valley', for the rest of it, with at least the segment at monastery also known in the 19th century as Wadi er-Rahib, 'Monk's Valley') is the valley originating slightly northeast of the of, which then separates the Temple Mount from the. It continues in a general south-easterly direction through the in the, reaching the near the of, and descending 4,000 feet (1,200 m) along its 20-mile (32 km) course. The ancient Mar Saba (') monastery is located in the lower part of the valley.In its upper part, the neighbourhood of bears the valley's Arabic name. The settlement, located on a ridge above the valley, is named after the valley's Hebrew name.The calls the upper course Emek, the ' '.
It appears in Jewish prophecies, which include the return of, followed by the arrival of the, and the and Judgment Day. Contents.Etymology The Hebrew name Qidron is derived from the root qadar, 'to be dark', and may be meant in this context as 'dusky'.In Christian tradition the similarity between the Greek word for, κέδρος ( kedros), and the Greek name of the valley as used in the, Kedron, has led to the Qidron Valley being wrongly called 'Valley of the Cedars'.
Jehoshaphat, Valley of. Mentioned in Scripture only in Joel 3:2 Joel 3:12.This is the name given in modern times to the valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, and the Kidron flows through it.
Identification with biblical locations Valley of Jehoshaphat The talks of the ' - Emek Yehoshafat' (: עמק יהושפט), meaning 'The valley where Yahweh shall judge.' Not all scholars agree with the traditional view that the Kidron Valley, as the valley situated between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives to the east, is the location of the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The Kidron Valley was not associated with the Valley of Jehoshaphat until the 4th century AD, making this identification somewhat uncertain since no actual valley of this name is known to pre-Christian antiquity.Biblical commentator claims that the Valley of Judgment is a symbolic place. King's Garden and King's Valley In the times of the kings, the Kidron Valley was identified with, at least in part, the King's Garden; the kings owned land in the area. That the upper Kidron Valley was also known as the King's Valley, in which Absalom set up his monument or 'pillar' (see; no connection to the much later '), is problematic. The Bible does not make this identification explicit, and the association can only be inferred as associated with En-rogel, which is farther down the Kidron Valley towards the desert.The name 'King's Valley' may be derived from its location just east of the palace of David in the City of David on the western slopes of the Kidron Valley and south of where the platform was built.
The so-called 'Tomb of Absalom' or the pillar of Absalom in Kidron ValleyThe three monumental tombs on the eastern side of the Kidron Valley are among the most well-known landmarks of ancient Jerusalem. These are, from north to south, the so-called ' (Hebrew: Yad Avshalom), which rises in front of the so-called 'Cave' or 'Tomb of Jehoshaphat', the (correctly named) ( Benei Hezir is the Hebrew for 'sons of Hezir', meaning the Hezir priestly family ), and the so-called ', which could quite likely be the of the Tomb of Benei Hezir.Absalom's Tomb consists of two parts. First, a lower cube hewn out of the bedrock, decorated with engaged Ionic columns bearing a Doric frieze and crowned by an Egyptian cornice. This part of the monument contains a small chamber with an entrance and two (arched funeral niches) and constitutes the actual tomb. The second part, built of ashlars, is placed on top of the rock-hewn cube. It consists of a square pedestal carrying a round drum, itself topped by a conical roof.
The cone is slightly concave and is crowned by an Egyptian-style lotus flower. The upper part has the general shape of a and is interpreted as a or monument for the tomb below, and possibly also for the adjacent 'Cave of Jehoshaphat'.
The 'Pillar of Absalom' is dated to the 1st century CE.Literally, the word means 'soul', but in a funerary context it is the term applied to a form of funerary monument. In descriptions of the tombs of the Jewish nobility, the pyramid shape is also emphasized as the mark of a tomb. This would imply that nefesh and pyramid were synonymous. The Jewish tombs in the Kidron Valley are the best examples of this form of nefesh. They appear as a rectangular, pyramid-capped monument.
Battlefield 1942 download. Similar forms of the nefesh decorate ossuaries, with the addition of a dome-capped column. In Jerusalem the nefesh as a tomb monument stood either above or beside the tomb; set on steps or on a base.
Scriptural significance Hebrew Bible It was in this valley where King Jehoshaphat is thought to have overthrown the enemies of Israel ( ).fled through the Kidron Valley during the rebellion of ( ).Chapters 29, 30 and 31 of 2 Chronicles ( ) cover King Hezekiah's call for the sanctification of the ministers of the Lord, the purification of unclean things, an invitation to all Israel and Judah to celebrate Passover in Jerusalem, and liturgical reforms. During the reforms of King around 700 BCE, as part of the of the, the removed the unclean items from the inner part of the Temple to the courts, and the carried the unclean items to Wadi Kidron ( ).Kidron Valley in Jewish eschatology The Book of Joel mentions that God will assemble all nations in the 'Valley of Jehoshaphat' (, ).Gospels According to the, crossed the valley many times travelling between Jerusalem. The valley contains the, where Jesus prayed the night before he was executed.
The name Kidron was mentioned in John 18:1.Archaeological excavations Upper course The Akeldama Tombs The Akeldma Tombs were discovered in 1989 at theconfluence of the Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, south of Jerusalem's Old City, and were excavated and published by archaeologists. In 1989, the conducted routine development work in the area. Upon widening a narrow street near one of the approaches to the village, bulldozers uncovered a number of square openings hewn into rock. The immediately stopped the road construction.
After uncovering the underground spaces, archaeologists found themselves standing inside large burial complexes which appeared intact. Moving carefully from one chamber to another, flashlights revealed an abundance of artifacts scattered on the floors, pottery and glass vessels, oil lamps and many ornamental. The three large caves proved to be part of an extensive Jewish burial ground in use at the end of the Second Temple period, which terminated in the year 70 AD, when Jerusalem was conquered and the Temple destroyed by the Roman legions. Development, development plans Upper course As of 2010, there is a controversial proposal to reconstruct part of the Kidron Valley, an Arab neighborhood of Silwan in, and turn it into a park to be called the.
Lower course A road crossing the very steep Wadi Naar (lower Kidron Valley) and connecting Arab towns has been substantially upgraded as part of the USAID effort to modernise the Arab infrastructure. An existing road has been widened and re-paved, and efforts were made to improve the route it takes. References.
Retrieved 9 December 2019. ^ Land owners angered over new West Bank road plan. Ma'an News Agency, 18 December 2010, accessed 20 September 2018. Smith, Eli (1841). Boston: Crocker & Brewster. Retrieved 9 December 2019. John Kitto, ed.
A Cyclopaedia of Biblical Literature. New York: Mark H. Retrieved 9 December 2019. ^ Goffart, Walter. After Rome's Fall. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. The Necropolis from the Time of the Kingdom of Judah at Silwan, Jerusalem, David Ussishkin, The Biblical Archaeologist, Vol.
2 (May, 1970), pp. 33-46. ^ Hachlili, Rachel. Boston: Brill, Leiden, 2005. Pages 2, 30-36, 237-242.
Goodman, Martin. Jews in a Graeco-Roman World.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998. ^ Adler, Marcus Nathan. The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela. London: Oxford University Press, 1907.
And Exhaustive Concordance, via BibleHub.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017. (1991). Grand Rapids, Michigan:. Retrieved 18 November 2017. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Www.godrules.net.
Kloner, Amos, and Boaz Zissu. The Necropolis of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period. Leuven: Peeters, 2007. Asher, Adolf, trans. The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela. 1, Text, Bibliography, and Translation; vol 2, Note and Essays. New York: Hakesheth Publishing Co., 1840.
^ Finegan, J. The Archeology of the New Testament. Princeton, 1969. Cohen, Shaye J. From the Maccabees to the Mishnah.
Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1987. ^. Catholic Encyclopedia. Gideon Avni and Zvi Greenhut,. Israel Antiquities Authority, 1996,. Hirschfeld, Yizhar. Qumran in Context: Reassessing the Archaeological Evidence.
Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2004., Israel Antiquities Authority website, accessed 25 September 2018. Selig, Abe (February 16, 2010). Jerusalem Post.Wikimedia Commons has media related to.External links.
Just beyond the eastern wall of Jerusalem lies the Kidron Valley and the Mount of Olives. Technically speaking, the Mount of Olives is a mountain range running north-south (Mount Scopus, Olivet, Mount of Scandal). The Kidron Valley lies between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives. Here’s a map to provide some perspective. (Temple Mount and city walls during Jesus’ day are outlined in pinkish-red.)Today, Hebrew University sits atop Mount Scopus, the Olivet is immediately east of Temple Mount, and Mount of Scandal lies to the south.
The Mount of Scandal is aptly named, as it is the location where Solomon built houses for his pagan wives. (Recall that polygamy was NOT God’s desire for mankind.)We’ll focus on Olivet, and will refer to it as the Mount of Olives, as that is how it is typically translated in our Bibles. It is rich in history! David went there weeping, to escape his son Absalom ; Ezekiel looked on as the glory of the Lord left Solomon’s temple to hover over the mount ; in a vision, Ezekiel witnessed the prophetic event of the glory of the Lord returning from the east (over the Mount of Olives) to a new temple ; and Zechariah prophesies that, at His return, the Lord’s feet will one day stand on the Mount of Olives and the mountain will split in two ! Here’s the view Jesus would have today if He stepped foot on the Mount of Olives.The small city of Bethany lies on the eastern side of the Mount of Olives, about 2 miles from the edge of Jerusalem, and was home to Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Jesus’ closest friends in the area of Jerusalem. Scripture tells us that Jesus often spent time in Bethany.
(Luke 10 and John 11, for example).Jesus came as the Jewish Messiah, yet knew that His own people would not recognize Him as their long-awaited Messiah. Thus, describes Jesus weeping over Jerusalem, while looking over the city from the Mount of Olives. Perhaps He saw it this way (minus Pastor Mark standing in the foreground teaching about it!):Jesus also described the prophetic future of Jerusalem, including its destruction, while on the Mount of Olives (, ). Likewise, after Jesus’ resurrection, He ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives (, ).
Now for a fuller view of the Mount of Olives, from Temple Mount! (Can you just picture Jesus there with His disciples? Or ascending to heaven from this hilltop!?!) Notice all the olive trees!Here is the Kidron Valley that lies between the city walls (to the right) and the Mount of Olives (to the left).On the Mount of Olives is the Garden of Gethsemane. Did you know that Gethsemane means “oil press?” It was in the Garden of Gethsemane that Jesus was “pressed” until water and blood poured through His pores. The Gospels (, ) tell us that He took His disciples there and, in agony, asked them to pray. Instead, they fell asleep.
Jesus was about to literally take on the sins of the world when He prayed, “Father, if You are willing, please take this cup from Me, yet Your will, not Mine, be done.” He was then arrested and taken to trial. He would soon be crucifiedtaking on your sins, mine, and those of the entire world. It is no wonder he sweat drops of blood.Olive trees are very difficult to destroy. Thus, though the Romans burned everything down, and other attempts have been made to remove olive trees from the area, ancient trees from the time of Jesus still stand! Here are some shots of the Garden of Gethsemane and the ancient olive trees.There you have itthe Mount of Olives.
An amazing place! Thanks for sharing today’s journey with me! Join me again tomorrow for more!Shalom!
...">Valley Between Jerusalem And Mount Of Olives(08.04.2020)Kidron Valley viewed from the Old City of Jerusalem, with in the lower bottom.The Kidron Valley ( transliteration, Cedron, from: נחל קדרון, Naḥal Qidron, literally Qidron River; also Qidron Valley;: وادي الجوز, Wadi el-Joz, 'Valley of the Walnut', for the upper segment near the, and Wadi en-Nar, 'Fire Valley', for the rest of it, with at least the segment at monastery also known in the 19th century as Wadi er-Rahib, 'Monk's Valley') is the valley originating slightly northeast of the of, which then separates the Temple Mount from the. It continues in a general south-easterly direction through the in the, reaching the near the of, and descending 4,000 feet (1,200 m) along its 20-mile (32 km) course. The ancient Mar Saba (') monastery is located in the lower part of the valley.In its upper part, the neighbourhood of bears the valley's Arabic name. The settlement, located on a ridge above the valley, is named after the valley's Hebrew name.The calls the upper course Emek, the ' '.
It appears in Jewish prophecies, which include the return of, followed by the arrival of the, and the and Judgment Day. Contents.Etymology The Hebrew name Qidron is derived from the root qadar, 'to be dark', and may be meant in this context as 'dusky'.In Christian tradition the similarity between the Greek word for, κέδρος ( kedros), and the Greek name of the valley as used in the, Kedron, has led to the Qidron Valley being wrongly called 'Valley of the Cedars'.
Jehoshaphat, Valley of. Mentioned in Scripture only in Joel 3:2 Joel 3:12.This is the name given in modern times to the valley between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, and the Kidron flows through it.
Identification with biblical locations Valley of Jehoshaphat The talks of the ' - Emek Yehoshafat' (: עמק יהושפט), meaning 'The valley where Yahweh shall judge.' Not all scholars agree with the traditional view that the Kidron Valley, as the valley situated between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives to the east, is the location of the Valley of Jehoshaphat. The Kidron Valley was not associated with the Valley of Jehoshaphat until the 4th century AD, making this identification somewhat uncertain since no actual valley of this name is known to pre-Christian antiquity.Biblical commentator claims that the Valley of Judgment is a symbolic place. King's Garden and King's Valley In the times of the kings, the Kidron Valley was identified with, at least in part, the King's Garden; the kings owned land in the area. That the upper Kidron Valley was also known as the King's Valley, in which Absalom set up his monument or 'pillar' (see; no connection to the much later '), is problematic. The Bible does not make this identification explicit, and the association can only be inferred as associated with En-rogel, which is farther down the Kidron Valley towards the desert.The name 'King's Valley' may be derived from its location just east of the palace of David in the City of David on the western slopes of the Kidron Valley and south of where the platform was built.
The so-called 'Tomb of Absalom' or the pillar of Absalom in Kidron ValleyThe three monumental tombs on the eastern side of the Kidron Valley are among the most well-known landmarks of ancient Jerusalem. These are, from north to south, the so-called ' (Hebrew: Yad Avshalom), which rises in front of the so-called 'Cave' or 'Tomb of Jehoshaphat', the (correctly named) ( Benei Hezir is the Hebrew for 'sons of Hezir', meaning the Hezir priestly family ), and the so-called ', which could quite likely be the of the Tomb of Benei Hezir.Absalom's Tomb consists of two parts. First, a lower cube hewn out of the bedrock, decorated with engaged Ionic columns bearing a Doric frieze and crowned by an Egyptian cornice. This part of the monument contains a small chamber with an entrance and two (arched funeral niches) and constitutes the actual tomb. The second part, built of ashlars, is placed on top of the rock-hewn cube. It consists of a square pedestal carrying a round drum, itself topped by a conical roof.
The cone is slightly concave and is crowned by an Egyptian-style lotus flower. The upper part has the general shape of a and is interpreted as a or monument for the tomb below, and possibly also for the adjacent 'Cave of Jehoshaphat'.
The 'Pillar of Absalom' is dated to the 1st century CE.Literally, the word means 'soul', but in a funerary context it is the term applied to a form of funerary monument. In descriptions of the tombs of the Jewish nobility, the pyramid shape is also emphasized as the mark of a tomb. This would imply that nefesh and pyramid were synonymous. The Jewish tombs in the Kidron Valley are the best examples of this form of nefesh. They appear as a rectangular, pyramid-capped monument.
Battlefield 1942 download. Similar forms of the nefesh decorate ossuaries, with the addition of a dome-capped column. In Jerusalem the nefesh as a tomb monument stood either above or beside the tomb; set on steps or on a base.
Scriptural significance Hebrew Bible It was in this valley where King Jehoshaphat is thought to have overthrown the enemies of Israel ( ).fled through the Kidron Valley during the rebellion of ( ).Chapters 29, 30 and 31 of 2 Chronicles ( ) cover King Hezekiah's call for the sanctification of the ministers of the Lord, the purification of unclean things, an invitation to all Israel and Judah to celebrate Passover in Jerusalem, and liturgical reforms. During the reforms of King around 700 BCE, as part of the of the, the removed the unclean items from the inner part of the Temple to the courts, and the carried the unclean items to Wadi Kidron ( ).Kidron Valley in Jewish eschatology The Book of Joel mentions that God will assemble all nations in the 'Valley of Jehoshaphat' (, ).Gospels According to the, crossed the valley many times travelling between Jerusalem. The valley contains the, where Jesus prayed the night before he was executed.
The name Kidron was mentioned in John 18:1.Archaeological excavations Upper course The Akeldama Tombs The Akeldma Tombs were discovered in 1989 at theconfluence of the Kidron and Hinnom Valleys, south of Jerusalem's Old City, and were excavated and published by archaeologists. In 1989, the conducted routine development work in the area. Upon widening a narrow street near one of the approaches to the village, bulldozers uncovered a number of square openings hewn into rock. The immediately stopped the road construction.
After uncovering the underground spaces, archaeologists found themselves standing inside large burial complexes which appeared intact. Moving carefully from one chamber to another, flashlights revealed an abundance of artifacts scattered on the floors, pottery and glass vessels, oil lamps and many ornamental. The three large caves proved to be part of an extensive Jewish burial ground in use at the end of the Second Temple period, which terminated in the year 70 AD, when Jerusalem was conquered and the Temple destroyed by the Roman legions. Development, development plans Upper course As of 2010, there is a controversial proposal to reconstruct part of the Kidron Valley, an Arab neighborhood of Silwan in, and turn it into a park to be called the.
Lower course A road crossing the very steep Wadi Naar (lower Kidron Valley) and connecting Arab towns has been substantially upgraded as part of the USAID effort to modernise the Arab infrastructure. An existing road has been widened and re-paved, and efforts were made to improve the route it takes. References.
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Just beyond the eastern wall of Jerusalem lies the Kidron Valley and the Mount of Olives. Technically speaking, the Mount of Olives is a mountain range running north-south (Mount Scopus, Olivet, Mount of Scandal). The Kidron Valley lies between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives. Here’s a map to provide some perspective. (Temple Mount and city walls during Jesus’ day are outlined in pinkish-red.)Today, Hebrew University sits atop Mount Scopus, the Olivet is immediately east of Temple Mount, and Mount of Scandal lies to the south.
The Mount of Scandal is aptly named, as it is the location where Solomon built houses for his pagan wives. (Recall that polygamy was NOT God’s desire for mankind.)We’ll focus on Olivet, and will refer to it as the Mount of Olives, as that is how it is typically translated in our Bibles. It is rich in history! David went there weeping, to escape his son Absalom ; Ezekiel looked on as the glory of the Lord left Solomon’s temple to hover over the mount ; in a vision, Ezekiel witnessed the prophetic event of the glory of the Lord returning from the east (over the Mount of Olives) to a new temple ; and Zechariah prophesies that, at His return, the Lord’s feet will one day stand on the Mount of Olives and the mountain will split in two ! Here’s the view Jesus would have today if He stepped foot on the Mount of Olives.The small city of Bethany lies on the eastern side of the Mount of Olives, about 2 miles from the edge of Jerusalem, and was home to Mary, Martha and Lazarus, Jesus’ closest friends in the area of Jerusalem. Scripture tells us that Jesus often spent time in Bethany.
(Luke 10 and John 11, for example).Jesus came as the Jewish Messiah, yet knew that His own people would not recognize Him as their long-awaited Messiah. Thus, describes Jesus weeping over Jerusalem, while looking over the city from the Mount of Olives. Perhaps He saw it this way (minus Pastor Mark standing in the foreground teaching about it!):Jesus also described the prophetic future of Jerusalem, including its destruction, while on the Mount of Olives (, ). Likewise, after Jesus’ resurrection, He ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives (, ).
Now for a fuller view of the Mount of Olives, from Temple Mount! (Can you just picture Jesus there with His disciples? Or ascending to heaven from this hilltop!?!) Notice all the olive trees!Here is the Kidron Valley that lies between the city walls (to the right) and the Mount of Olives (to the left).On the Mount of Olives is the Garden of Gethsemane. Did you know that Gethsemane means “oil press?” It was in the Garden of Gethsemane that Jesus was “pressed” until water and blood poured through His pores. The Gospels (, ) tell us that He took His disciples there and, in agony, asked them to pray. Instead, they fell asleep.
Jesus was about to literally take on the sins of the world when He prayed, “Father, if You are willing, please take this cup from Me, yet Your will, not Mine, be done.” He was then arrested and taken to trial. He would soon be crucifiedtaking on your sins, mine, and those of the entire world. It is no wonder he sweat drops of blood.Olive trees are very difficult to destroy. Thus, though the Romans burned everything down, and other attempts have been made to remove olive trees from the area, ancient trees from the time of Jesus still stand! Here are some shots of the Garden of Gethsemane and the ancient olive trees.There you have itthe Mount of Olives.
An amazing place! Thanks for sharing today’s journey with me! Join me again tomorrow for more!Shalom!
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