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Show MADELYN CANNON STEWART SILVER 234 Further north was Bethel, blessed with plentiful water from nearby spring. It was an old village, dating perhaps to 2,000 Jacob had a dream in Bethel, perhaps 18th century B.C., built a shrine there, and named the place Bethel, "House of a B.C. God." In and around Jerusalem they saw the Kidron River Valley, which Jesus crossed after the Last Supper on the way to Gethsemane; the pool of Gihon, where Solomon was pro claimed king; the Siloam Pool where sheep were being washed and children were swimming, and where Jesus told the blind regain his eyesight. Nearby was the Hill of Scandal or of Offence, where King Solomon placed his idola trous wives; the Damascus gate of the old city; Mizpah, a site visited by the Prophet Samuel when he was a judge in Israel; Gibeah, where the royal palace of Saul was located, and David played his harp; Ramah of Benjamin, associated with Deborah, Rachel, Hosea, and Jeremiah; Beeroth, where Joseph and Mary missed Jesus as they traveled from Jerusalem. The Silvers finally went to Jerusalem where they expected to spend several days. About thirty-five miles inland from the man to wash to Mediterranean and thirteen miles west of the north end of the Dead Sea, Jerusalem, sometimes called the City of David, was the holy city of Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The city was captured by David about 1,000 B.C. and he made it capital of his kingdom. Here David's son Solomon built a temple to house the Ark of the Covenant. The walled city fell to the Babylonians and the temple was destroyed in the sixth century B.C.; the Romans captured it in 63 B.C. Here also was the Dome of the Rock, the mosque built in the seventh century on the spot where, as Muslims believe, Abraham was directed to sacrifice his son Isaac, and where Muhammed ascended to heaven. On one side of the mosque was the Jewish wailing wall, on the other the mosque and Arab City. Madelyn and Harold also had a special interest, as Mormons, in Jerusalem. The future Book of Mormon prophet Lehi lived in the land of Jerusalem. He and his family were com manded by God to flee the city, eventually journeying to the Western Hemisphere, where his descendants became two rival |
