This field trip was a BLAST! The city of David (1000 BC) is so rich with history. I love being here and standing in the exact places that these great rulers i've learned about all my life have lived, reigned, fought, and experienced life. I have definitely grown a great appreciation for Archeologists and historians that preserve such wonderful cities for people like me to enjoy. This map is the relation from the Old City Of Jerusalem and City of David in the bottom right corner.
We didn't really know what to expect for this field trip, and headed out to the buses. They dropped us off in front of the Temple Mount Excavation. Wow, this is quite a task and beautiful one at that. This is for certain where Christ used the gate often because it lead up to the Temple Mount where he often gave sermons.
We walked down to the gates of the city with a massive gold harp that was used when David met with Saul. (1 Samuel 16:23) They herded us into a theater where we got cool 3-D glasses as we watched a pretty epic movie, "The City Of David: Where it all began". It was surprisingly well done, and the main character looked quite like Dr. Chadwick with Spanish accent (which Dr. Chadwick acted out in class the following day).
City of
David/Area G
1. where is the city of david located and what lies north, sound, east and west of it?
south of the temple mount on a small ridge surrounded by mt. moriah on the north, east is the kidron valley, south is the hinnom valley and west is the tyropoeon valley.
2. who was the first israelite king to conquer jerusalem? who was his son?
David and then Solomon
We walked on top of the theater to the look out of the valleys surrounding the area. The Kidron valley on the east, Tyropoean to the west, and Hinnom valley to the south. This was a gorgeous look out.
Gihon
Water System
1. name jerusalems original water supply.
gihon spring
2. describe the water system based on that the above (original water supply). (tell when it was engineered, what it consisted of, how water fetchers accessed it, and where the entry was located.)
1800 bc. consisted of an extension of the upper tunnel beyond warrens shaft, a man made pool fed by a channel from the gihon spring, and two large towers, one over the spring and one flanking the pool. water fetchers entered the present entrance to warrens shaft, which was inside both the 18th century bc canaanite city wall and the 8th century bc israelite addition to it. they proceeded down the upper tunnel to a platform above the pool. from the platform they lowered containers into the pool and drew up water.
3. explain why king hezekiah created a new tunnel. tell whom he expected to attack, when and what the tunnel connected to on both ends.
he safeguarded jerusalems water supply in preparation for the assyrian siege in 701 bc. the gihon springs to the pool of siloam.
4. what miracle did jesus perform in this area? name the specific location.
jesus healed a blind man at the pool of siloam.
The very end of the tunnel! From back to front Austin, Justin, Jamie, Jordan, Amy and Cherysh.
This part of the tunnel looks really tall because when they started digging they were too high so had to cut down much more. There were parts where we have to bend over quite a lot. We had lunch with the Muhlesteins right before leaving and they said that 14 years before when they had been the water had been up to their chest, so we were a little nervous until we found out it was just above our knees.
To get back to the top of the city we walked the stairs that were made by King Agrippa right before the siege. They uncovered this stairway this past year, so it was neat to be able to walk up something so "new".
When we got towards the end of the cave there was a an inscription sticking out of the wall. Cool little surprise. It tells the tale of the cave. The tunnel was built at the time of King Hezekiah about 2,700 years ago. It reads "This is the story of the cutting through: While the stone cutters were swinging their axes, each toward his fellow, and while there were yet three cubits to be pierced through they heard the voice of a man calling to his fellow, for there was a fissure on the right- and on the day of the piercing through, the stone cutters struck through, each to meet his fellow, axe against axe; then ran to water from the spring to the pool for twelve hundred cubits, and a hundred cubits was the height of the rock above the head of the stone cutters."
The original inscription
This spring was to be an aqueduct to provide Jerusalem with water as the Assyrians were about to attack the city. They were in a rush to get this accomplished and you could see the hacking of where they took the rock out. They actually missed each other in the middle and you can't see it much in this picture, but i'll get better ones from my teacher in a couple weeks!
It was a windy one indeed!
We didn't really know what to expect for this field trip, and headed out to the buses. They dropped us off in front of the Temple Mount Excavation. Wow, this is quite a task and beautiful one at that. This is for certain where Christ used the gate often because it lead up to the Temple Mount where he often gave sermons.We walked down to the gates of the city with a massive gold harp that was used when David met with Saul. (1 Samuel 16:23) They herded us into a theater where we got cool 3-D glasses as we watched a pretty epic movie, "The City Of David: Where it all began". It was surprisingly well done, and the main character looked quite like Dr. Chadwick with Spanish accent (which Dr. Chadwick acted out in class the following day).
1. where is the city of david located and what lies north, sound, east and west of it?
south of the temple mount on a small ridge surrounded by mt. moriah on the north, east is the kidron valley, south is the hinnom valley and west is the tyropoeon valley.
2. who was the first israelite king to conquer jerusalem? who was his son?
David and then Solomon
We walked on top of the theater to the look out of the valleys surrounding the area. The Kidron valley on the east, Tyropoean to the west, and Hinnom valley to the south. This was a gorgeous look out.
Mount of Corruption- where Solomon built temples to other Gods for his wives to worship at. It was also corrupted because of the hundreds of tombs built into the walls.
An example of the tombs built in the walls. The city got to packed so they just built on top of the tombs, then built on top of the houses and kept on building!
Stepped stone structure that held up the hill that Davids palace was on.
We also walked through a place that had a bunch of really cool Byzantine walls on top of this wall.
Video about Brother Chadwick and Muhlestein talking about how David saw Bathsheba on her roof. I WAS THERE! wow. So cool.We didn't have enough time to load it on so it'll come later.
We also found some toilets! Dr. chadwick called it Lehi's Loo. (Its the rock with the hole in the back)
We had about 2 minutes crammed up against a gate to get into Hezekiahs tunnel and I thought, "Let's take ugly face pictures" This is the result.
Justin sportin the Jelly shoes that Dr. Kristine let him borrow and Austin lovin the shorty short shorts.
Dr. Chady explaining how Hezekiah's tunnel was made (Make sure to listen closely at 0:22 Amy's popular "Fail" shows up)
Amy, Myself, Cherysh and Jamie headin down!
We got to the "Cyclopian architecture" for the massive Jebusite tower that was at the beginning of the Gihon Springs. Solomon was make king at this exact same spot.
1. name jerusalems original water supply.
gihon spring
2. describe the water system based on that the above (original water supply). (tell when it was engineered, what it consisted of, how water fetchers accessed it, and where the entry was located.)
1800 bc. consisted of an extension of the upper tunnel beyond warrens shaft, a man made pool fed by a channel from the gihon spring, and two large towers, one over the spring and one flanking the pool. water fetchers entered the present entrance to warrens shaft, which was inside both the 18th century bc canaanite city wall and the 8th century bc israelite addition to it. they proceeded down the upper tunnel to a platform above the pool. from the platform they lowered containers into the pool and drew up water.
3. explain why king hezekiah created a new tunnel. tell whom he expected to attack, when and what the tunnel connected to on both ends.
he safeguarded jerusalems water supply in preparation for the assyrian siege in 701 bc. the gihon springs to the pool of siloam.
4. what miracle did jesus perform in this area? name the specific location.
jesus healed a blind man at the pool of siloam.
Maybe its possible to drown in it? What do you think?
Off to the right and down you can see the Gihon spring waaaay down.
Cherysh, Amy, Jordan, Jamie, Justin, Megan, Chris, Raylynn and Zane
One of the smallest parts of the tunnel. Doesn't look that small on cherysh because she's a shrimp.
This part of the tunnel looks really tall because when they started digging they were too high so had to cut down much more. There were parts where we have to bend over quite a lot. We had lunch with the Muhlesteins right before leaving and they said that 14 years before when they had been the water had been up to their chest, so we were a little nervous until we found out it was just above our knees.
At the end of the tunnel!
Awky
A place where the pots were placed after gathering water from the Pool of Siloam which is to the left of us.
In front of the Pool of Siloam. This is the place that Christ, "Spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, And said unto him, Go, Wash in the pool of Siloam (which is by the interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing" (John 9:6-7)
Jamie, Amy, Cherysh, Myself and Chelsea
When we got towards the end of the cave there was a an inscription sticking out of the wall. Cool little surprise. It tells the tale of the cave. The tunnel was built at the time of King Hezekiah about 2,700 years ago. It reads "This is the story of the cutting through: While the stone cutters were swinging their axes, each toward his fellow, and while there were yet three cubits to be pierced through they heard the voice of a man calling to his fellow, for there was a fissure on the right- and on the day of the piercing through, the stone cutters struck through, each to meet his fellow, axe against axe; then ran to water from the spring to the pool for twelve hundred cubits, and a hundred cubits was the height of the rock above the head of the stone cutters."
What I saw:
It was a windy one indeed!
Pretty much, we saw 2,000 years of history today. No big deal.
Whew. What a field trip!!!!! Completely amazing. I hate to be redundant but I LOVE YOUR HISTORY LESSONS. This is so coooool. I think I would have had a panic attack...did you get claustrophobic? I loved the extra photo insert of what was inscribed on the wall, ancient and modern. Most of all I love the photo with you cute girls lined up with the water level the same across your lets. So cute. What a day.
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