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The City of David has provided overwhelming archaeological evidence supporting the truthfulness of Scripture. Do we embrace these and many other pieces of evidence that yield more and more proof that the Bible is true and historically accurate?

See a complete overview and in-depth tour of the City of David. No stone is left unturned. Learn about the history, places of interest, key events from the Bible that happened here, and a faith lesson about how it all applies to our lives today.
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Location
1. The City of David is located just south of the Temple Mount on a plateau ridge.
2. It’s where all the history of Jerusalem began.
3. It is strategically located with the Kidron Valley to the east and the Hinnom Valley to the south. These valleys provide it with natural protection.
Psalms 125:2: As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds His people from this time forth and forever.
4. It has been the most excavated site in Israel over the past 150 years.

Historical Background
1. It was 3,000 years ago that King David made the City of David, also known as Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.
2. Before David, it was Abraham who would traverse here when he met with the King of Salem (Jerusalem).
3. Later, Abraham would be willing to offer his son, Isaac, to the Lord on Mt. Moriah, which is just above the City of David.
4. The City of David had an amazing source of fresh water known as the Gihon Spring.
5. The City of David is also referred to as Zion in Scripture.

Places of Interest
1. Theater with an excellent movie showing the history of the City of David.
2. Bet Hatsofeh Lookout – Great place to see a panoramic view of the City of David and the sites around it.
3. Palace of King David.
4. Stepped Stone Retaining Wall
5. Walls Nehemiah repaired.
6. Hasmonean Tower
7. House of Ahiel (four-room house)
8. Burnt room – Evidence of a room that was burnt during the Babylonian destruction in 586 BC.
9. Recent discoveries unearthed two Bullae (clay seals) dating to the beginning of the 6th Century BC, bearing the names "Gedaliah Ben Pashur" and "Yehuchal Ben Shelemayahu." Both officials are named in the Bible (Jeremiah 38:1).
10. Jeremiah's Dungeon. Jeremiah 38:6: So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
11. Gihon Spring
Jerusalem’s main water source
King Solomon was anointed here along with many other kings
King Hezekiah diverted the water down to the Pool of Siloam
12. Hezekiah’s Water tunnel
13. Canaanite Tunnel
14. Warren Shaft System
15. Melchizedek's Temple
16. Ancient 3,000-year-old walls.
17. Tomb of King David
18. Pool of Siloam – Siloam means “safe”
Herod the Great enlarged the Pool of Siloam to make it a massive Mikveh
A blind man was healed here by Christ
19. Pilgrim's road leading up to the temple from the Pool of Siloam called the Herodian Street. It was used by countless Jews to ascend to the temple. There is no doubt Jesus walked this road as well.
20. There was a cannel tunnel under the Herodian Street that was used for waste purposes. In this tunnel, thousands of Jews were slaughtered by the Romans in 70 AD as they tried to escape the city.
21. In this same tunnel, a rare gold bell that was sewn onto priest’s garments, an ancient silver shekel which was used to pay the half-shekel temple tax, and a Roman sword with its leather sheath still partly intact have been recently discovered.
22. Excavations in Givati parking lot in the City of David.