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6 Νοε 2020 · The road from Jerusalem to Jericho is discussed in several biblical narratives. One of the more famous accounts (2 Sam 15.23–16.14) chronicles the story of David and his followers who escaped Jerusalem along this route after David’s son Absalom had declared himself king.
The historical Jesus would have walked the Jericho road on the final stretch from Galilee to Jerusalem through the Jordan Valley and across the Judean Desert. In ancient Israel, this important road was also the border between two tribes: the tribe of Judah (along the route and to the south of it), and that of Benjamin (north of the route).
Jericho was the place of rendezvous for Galilean pilgrims desiring to avoid Samaria, both in going to and in departing from Jerusalem, and it has been visited at all times by thousands of pilgrims, who go down from Jerusalem to bathe in the Jordan.
The waters of the Virgin's Fount find their way through the Siloam tunnel and out at `Ain Silwan (the "spring" of Siloam), into the Pool of Siloam, and from this source descend into the Kidron valley to water the numerous vegetable gardens belonging to the village of Siloam (see SILOAM).
3D map of Jericho Road up from the Jordan River Valley to Jerusalem and the Judean hills. Jesus walked this road to the crucifixion.
Map of Jericho Road. Bible Book: Matthew Type: Maps Location: Bethany, Capernaum, Israel, Jericho road, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Temple, Jordan River, Judean hills, Mount Hermon, Mount of Olives, Mount Tabor, Nazareth, Sebaste, Shechem Era: Jesus.
The Jericho of the Hebrew Bible is located on the modern-day mound known as Tell es-Sultan. Most references to Jericho in the New Testament refer to the area southwest of Tell es-Sultan that developed around a huge palace complex first built by the Hasmoneans and later rebuilt and expanded by Herod the Great.
