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# Kidron Valley #
## Facts: ##
The Kidron Valley is a deep valley just outside the city of Jerusalem, between its eastern wall and the Mount of Olives.
* The valley is over 1,000 meters deep and about 32 kilometers long.
* When King David was fleeing from his son Absalom, he went through the Kidron Valley to get to the Mount of Olives.
* King Josiah and King Asa of Judah ordered that the high places and altars of false gods be smashed and burned; the ashes were thrown into the Kidron Valley.
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* During the reign of King Hezekiah, the Kidron Valley was where the priests threw everything impure that they removed from the temple.
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* The evil queen Athaliah was killed in this valley because of the wicked things she had done.
(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](en/ta-vol1/translate/man/translate-names))
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(See also: [[../other/absalom.md]], [[../other/asa.md]], [[../other/athaliah.md]], [[../other/david.md]], [[../kt/falsegod.md]], [[../other/hezekiah.md]], [[../other/highplaces.md]], [[../other/josiah.md]], [[../other/kingdomofjudah.md]], [[../other/mountofolives.md]])
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## Bible References: ##
* [John 18:1-3](en/tn/jhn/help/18/01)