Zedekiah's Cave

WOW!!!

We have walked on the roof tops of the Old City - today, we went UNDER the Old City! We started out walking down the street to the Damascus Gate & up the street a short walk, to the entrance of Zedekiah's Cave. The entrance is directly across the street from Golgotha and the Garden.

Entrance to Zedekiah's Cave

This is the largest man made cave in Israel and is believed to be part of the ancient quarry from which stone was cut for both the first and second Temples. This quarry ran underground and the Old City is built on top of it. It is believed that Zedekiah fled Jerusalem through this cave when the Chaldeans over threw the City. He was captured near Jericho.






What an exciting day for us walking through the pages of Old Testament History. 1 Kings 5:29-31 speaks of Solomon quarrying stone for the Temple. Jeremiah 52:7-8 records Zedekiah fleeing from Jerusalem. Was it here??? I am often asked that question by visitors to the Garden. To which I reply "I don't care. I stand on the Word of God. The Bible says it took place and that's good enough for me. I don't care if it was here or somewhere down the street... but oh my gosh don't it look like it!"





Our morning ended returning to the peace, tranquility and beauty of the Garden where we had a picnic lunch in the midst of the Garden...