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Next we visit the site of JERICHO in Joshua's day and the nearby Palace of Herod. Jericho is the "City of Palms" and world's oldest continuously inhabited city. | |
Archaeological digs of the walls of Jericho. | |
Read Edward's recollections about Jericho. |
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Sycamore fig tree (of Zaccheus' fame). | |
We drive back to Jerusalem through what may be the Valley of the Shadow of Death in Psalm 23. | |
Another view. |
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DAY 7 - BETHANY, SAMARIA & GALILEE Our day begins with a stop in Bethany at the traditional site of Lazarus' tomb. | |
The sign marking the tomb. | |
We drive north through Samaria stopping in SHECHEM at Jacob's Well. We enter through the wall. |
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We pass through the courtyard to an enclosed stairwell at the opposite end where we descend 20 feet below ground. | |
There in this vaulted room is Jacob's Well. Read Edward's recollections of Jacob's Well. | |
Driving on, we see the ruins of the Samaritan temple on MT. GERAZIM. |
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Read Edward's recollections of Mt. Gerazim. | |
Driving on, we visit the nearby city of SAMARIA, the capital of Ahab and Jezebel. | |
More ruins. |