{"id":2443,"date":"2020-11-11T08:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yallatours.com\/blog\/?p=2443"},"modified":"2020-11-10T23:31:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T23:31:30","slug":"israel-tours-name-that-site-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yallatours.com\/blog\/israel-tours-name-that-site-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Tours: Name That Site!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2450\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yallatours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/kidrom-absalom-tomb-dreamstime.jpg\" alt=\"Can you name this Jerusalem valley between the eastern Old City walls and Mount Olives? The conical monument in the middle ground is one of many ancient tombs in the valley. It's known as Absalom's Tomb or Absalom's Pillar but archaeologists have dated it to the 1st century, about 1,000 years too late to belong to the son of King David.\" width=\"600\" height=\"359\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can you name this Jerusalem valley between the eastern Old City walls and Mount Olives? The conical monument in the middle ground is one of many ancient tombs in the valley. It&#8217;s known as Absalom&#8217;s Tomb or Absalom&#8217;s Pillar but archaeologists have dated it to the 1st century, about 1,000 years too late to belong to Absalom, the son of King David.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;re looking for the name of this valley that lies between Temple Mount\/Noble Sanctuary and Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and continues eastward about 20 miles to the Dead Sea. From Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, the valley drops 4,000 feet in elevation!<br \/>\nThe valley and adjacent slopes have been burial grounds for thousands of years<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Jesus walked in the valley often as he traveled between Jerusalem and Bethany and on the night of his arrest, he walked through the valley to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray, according to John 18:1.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The answer is: Kidron Valley<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Kidron Valley on any of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yallatours.com\/israel\/\">Israel tours<\/a> that include time in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re looking for the name of this valley that lies between Temple Mount\/Noble Sanctuary and Mount of Olives in Jerusalem and continues eastward about 20 miles to the Dead Sea. From Jerusalem to the Dead Sea, the valley drops 4,000 feet in elevation! 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