Most people on our trip would tell you that today was one of their favorites. We kicked off the morning by going to the City of David. Here we learned more of the history of how Jerusalem was set up during David's time. It is also the location for Hezekiah's Tunnel. When Hezekiah was king, he built a new tunnel for water to be brought into the city. He might have done this because the old tunnel was blocked off, the reason is not known for sure. The cool thing about the tunnel is that it was chiseled from both sides. The men carving the tunnel out of the rock actually met in the middle. From the rooftop we were on we also saw the valley in which King Solomon was crowned as David was dying.
Hezekiah's Tunnel was one of the most fun things we have done. It is a forty-five minute walk through a pitch black tunnel that has water in it. The water today was about mid thigh at the highest point, but closer to below the knee the rest of the way. During the rainy season it is obviously much higher. We were handed tiny flashlights as we walked in, but they weren't much help. Walking through the tunnel was really just a lot of fun. A lot of the tunnel was way too short to be able to stand up in and it was pretty narrow. When we came out we were in the pool of Siloam. The Bible story that takes place there is when Jesus healed the blind man.
Our other stop today was the Garden Tomb. This is where the tomb is that is believed to have held Jesus after he was crucified. We saw the hill of Golgotha and got to walk into the tomb itself. There are two different locations that are thought to have been Jesus' burial place. This was the first and the second is the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, which we will see tomorrow. It was really interesting seeing this tomb and imagining Jesus coming out of it on the first Easter morning. All in all I really loved today.
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