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The Oldest City in the World (Holy Land Trips 7 March 2019)

The night before we visited Jericho, the oldest city in the world.


Jericho is mentioned few times in bible.  Before Jesus began his ministry, He went to the desert for fasting and praying and tempted by the Evil at Mount of Temptation.
In the foot of Mount of Temptation, there's a real temptation for us which was a souvenir shop.



Nearby, there's Elisha Spring and Jericho walls.

Elisha Spring


ruined Jericho walls

Elisha Spring is the water spring that has been sprinkled by salt by Elisha to give life to the people surround that area.

Healing of the Water (2 Kings 2:19 - 21)
The people of the city said to Elisha, "Look, our Lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive.
"Bring me a new bowl" he said "and put salt in it" so they brought it to him.
Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying "This is what the Lord says : ' I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive." And the water has remained pure to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.

We also saw sycamore tree where Zaccheus climbed up to see Jesus. (Luke 19:1-10)



The area is very dry and no living things because it's far from Jordan river and close to Dead Sea.



The next morning after visiting Dead Sea, we continued our journey to South Sinai and stopped over at Qumran.
This is the place where the dead sea scrolls were found by Bedouin tribes.
Dead sea scrolls are the original scrolls about Elijah and Jeremiah prophets written in papyrus.










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