City of David

Yesterday we went to the City David, which makes up ancient Jerusalem. Its over 3,000 years old and many biblical stories have taken place here. Our day began with a look out over the City of David. Next we watched a 3D movie which featured the City of David. It was an epic movie! :) The highlight of the trip was going through Hezekiah's tunnel. This tunnel was built by King Hezekiah. The workers started from opposite ends of the city and worked their way towards to middle, during the Assyrian conquest of the city. It was built so that the city could have a water source protected during the attack as well as a place to escape if the city needed to escape. My class went through the water tunnel and it was so much fun! The water came up mid thigh at the highest point.

Hezekiah's Tunnel

Inside the Tunnel

all wet after the tunnel

While drying off, we visited the Pool of Siloam, where Christ healed the blind man with spit and clay. After that we went to the ruins of David's palace and the tombs of the Kings of Judah! It was a pretty amazing day filled with lots of wet adventures!