City of David (Hezekiah's Tunnel)

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Today we visited the City of David, northeast of Jerusalem.

Sign to the City of David.

The place where it is claimed that David saw Bathsheba.

Ruins called the "Large Stone Structure".  Some believe it to be the remains of David's Palace.

More Large Stone Structure ruins


Hezekiah's Tunnel

In the City of David we took a trip through Hezekiah's tunnel.  You can choose to either walk through the wet tunnel or the dry tunnel.  My family and I decided to try the wet tunnel.

Most of the time the water in the wet tunnel is just above your ankle, though in the beginning of the tunnel it does reach close to your waist.

Sign at the entrance to the tunnel regarding it

Stairs down to the tunnel

The water in the tunnel is not very cold once you get used to it.  Flashlights are a must unless you enjoying walking in a wet place with rushing water and absolutely no light.

Exit of the tunnel

The walk through the wet tunnel cleaned my shoes up a bit!

Pool at the exit of the tunnel (exit is behind me)


Herodic Path (exact name not remembered)

The entrance to this path has a large wall depicting a painting of the Pool of Siloam in Yeshua's day.

Map of the way from the Pool of Siloam the temple.  Every year during Sukkot, on the eighth day, the priests would draw water from this pool and bring it along this path to the temple.

The path is covered; it gets quite narrow in several places.

These are ruins outside the exit of the path.

What's interesting about this path is that the place where we entered had a sign that read, "one way only".  When we got out there was another sign posted at the end of the path reading "one way only".  So...I was a bit confused.


I enjoyed Hezekiah's Tunnel the most since the rest of our trip was under the immensely hot sun!  Perhaps I'll get to visit again.

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