A visit to Jerusalem

[Balanbam00]

so not interested to see BT? Ok I will stop!

[The Bedlington Terrier]

so not interested to see BT? Ok I will stop!

Carry on my mate, my appetite to come and visit you is increasing daily!

[outwoodclaret]

so not interested to see BT? Ok I will stop!

Don’t stop Balan! Your beautiful photos are a breath of fresh air.

[Balanbam00]

The Tower of David, also known as the Citadel, is an ancient citadel located near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. The citadel that stands today dates to the Mamluk and Ottoman periods
There is no hell!
To the right is the valley of Hinnom. Its name in biblical Hebrew is "valley of the son of Hinnom" "valley of the children (sons) of Hinnom." Gehenna , the Aramaic name of the Valley of Hinnom, or Gehinnom, is the corresponding geographical term modified in the process of translation of the Hebrew Bible. In the Hebrew Bible, Gehenna was initially where some of the kings of Judah sacrificed their children by fire. Thereafter, it was deemed to be cursed (Book of Jeremiah 7:31, 19:2–6). In rabbinic literature, Gehenna is also a destination of the wicked. Gehinnom is different from the more neutral Sheol/Hades, the abode of the dead, although the King James Version of the Bible misleadingly translates both with the Anglo-Saxon word hell.
The oldest historical reference to the valley is found in Joshua 15:8,also 18,16.
( And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: )
(2_Chronicles 28:3) Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire,..



The Valley of Hinnom today