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Getting Oriented
In The Hinnom Valley
(Jerusalem)

Locating The Solomonic Temple

          "And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,"

Jeremiah 19:2 KJV

Visible Remnants Include:

South City Wall about 2nd Temple.    North City Wall about 2nd Temple removed when 3rd Temple (Herod's) built.    South City Wall about Herodian Temple (known today as 1st North Wall).    Solomonic Temple Water/Sewer Outlet.

Photo #1:   North Arm Of Hinnom Valley
Looking West from atop the Wall

Photo courtesy of:
Garrett Robinson
Jerusalem, 2001
(Click on photo for enlarged picture)

Photo #2:   c. 1890 Remnant Of Southwest Wall About Post Exilic Temple
The Wall is known today as the Hinnom Bridge Road
The Wall was not built as a roadway
People and animals walked up and down hills and valleys everywhere else

Photo Credit:
Jules Breitenstein's French Translation
Vues et Documents Bibliques
L. Frohnmeyer & I. Benzinger
Published at Basel by Ernest Finckh and Paris By Libraire Fischbacher
Printed in Stuttgart circa 1905
Provided by
John A. Tvedtnes

Photo #3:   Southwest City Wall About Post Exilic Temple
Structures visible at right side of Wall are not in the c. 1890 photo #2

Photo used with permission courtesy of:
Anonymous

Photo #4:   Southwest City Wall About Post Exilic Temple
Prior to 1946
The Solomonic Temple's Water-Sewer Outlet is off this photo to the lower right

Photo copyright used with permission courtesy of:
George Adam Smith Collection
The Middle East Center
St. Antony's College
Oxford OX26JF
United Kingdom
Eugene Rogan, Director

Photo #5:   Southwest City Wall About Post Exilic Temple
Modern View
Structure shown (in photo #4) on right side of Hinnom Bridge Road has been removed

Photo used with permission courtesy of:
Dr. Dov Gavish
Aerial Photography Archives Department of Geography
The Hebrew University Jerusalem

Photo #6:   Southwest City Wall About Post Exilic Temple

Photo used with permission courtesy of:
Dr. Dov Gavish
Aerial Photography Archives Department of Geography
The Hebrew University Jerusalem

Photo #7:   Atop Hinnom Bridge Road
Looking North up the Hinnom Valley
Ottoman fountain in foreground

Photo used with permission courtesy of:
Steve Hahn
Tuscon, Arizona

Photo #8:   Atop Hinnom Bridge Road
Looking Northeast:   Modern traffic
Ottoman Fountain in center (atop dark red van)
Roadway built atop ancient wall accounts for sharp turns

Photo used with permission courtesy of:
Steve Hahn
Tuscon, Arizona

Photo #1 Enlarged:   A Modern View Of The North Arm Of The Hinnom Valley
Looking West From Atop The Wall

You May Need To Scroll Right
To View The Location Of The Solomonic Temple.

Photo courtesy of:
Garrett Robinson
Jerusalem, 2001

Continue On To: THE HIDDEN CITY

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