David's City - Models from David Citadel Museum

 On Monday we went to the David Citadel Museum.  I thought you might enjoy seeing some of the new exhibits.  This one shows what Jerusalem looked like in the days of King David.  It was quite small.  Probably no wider than 8 city blocks wide and no more than a mile long.  The foundations of David's castle which is situated at the top of the complex have been uncovered and after March we will go see it, as part of the same tour to walk through Zedikiah's tunnel.  

 Here is a slightly different view.  In the lower left hand corner you can see Gihon Spring.  It was the main water source for the City of David.  If you click on the picture to enlarge it, you can see in line with the city a hill top prominence just north of the city, with a white rock sticking up.  That is the top of Mt. Moriah, where Abraham offered up Isaac and where the temple of Solomon was later built. and that same rock is now in the middle of the Dome of the Rock.

 This is what the view might have looked like from the top of the walls when Babylon attacked and destroyed Jerusalem in 600 b.c.

and here is another view looking east towards the Mt. of Olives and Jordan.