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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.
  • During the reign of King Hezekiah, the Kidron Valley was where the priests threw everything impure that they removed from the temple.
  • The evil queen Athaliah was killed in this valley because of the wicked things she had done.

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(See also: Absalom, Asa, Athaliah, David, false god, Hezekiah, high places, Josiah, Judah, Mount of Olives)

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