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The City of David (Hebrew: עיר דוד, romanized: ʿĪr Davīd), known locally mostly as Wadi Hilweh (Arabic: وادي حلوة), [1] is the name given to an archaeological site considered by most scholars to be the original settlement core of Jerusalem during the Bronze and Iron Ages.
Structure discovered in Jerusalem's City of David dates back to the First Temple, study finds. Greg Wehner. January 14, 2025 at 6:21 AM.
"City of David" is a biblical and religious epithet for the ancient city of Jerusalem. It may also refer to: City of David (archaeological site) - an archaeological excavation associated with ancient Jerusalem; Jerusalem Walls National Park - a tourist development related to the archaeological site
Archaeological confirmation of Bethlehem as a city in the Kingdom of Judah was uncovered in 2012 at the archaeological dig at the City of David in the form of a bulla (seal impression in dried clay) in ancient Hebrew script that reads "From the town of Bethlehem to the King". According to the excavators, it was used to seal the string closing a ...
In 1997, management of the City of David within the park was assumed by the Ir David Foundation (commonly known as Elad). First suggested in 1920 for this particular area, the term "City of David" was used officially from the 1970s onward, following the capture of East Jerusalem by Israel , but today the name with its biblical and political ...
The actual site of David's burial is unknown, though the Hebrew Bible states that David was buried in the City of David. [16] In the 4th century CE, he and his father Jesse were believed to be buried in Bethlehem. [2] The idea that David was entombed on what was later called Mt Zion dates to the 9th century CE. [2]
By Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III, Adjunct Assistant Professor of the New Testament, Fuller Theological Seminary.Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center ...
The old city walls near the Jaffa Gate. Jerusalem Walls National Park (also known as Jerusalem Walls-City of David National Park [1]) is an Israeli national park located near the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The national park was designed originally to surround the old city from all sides, to separate between the old city and the new ...