Monday, September 12th
Today we went to Jericho. Yep, that historic site where Joshua and the children of Israel blew their trumpets and clapped and those walls came a tumbling down. Well, Joshua did a good job because it is pretty much just a pile of dirt now. Actually, it's a tel. For those who don't know, a tel (or tell) is an historic site where many cities were built, one on top of another. Archaeologists have excavated parts of it which we were able to see, but not a lot.
Jericho
We also saw the spring of Elisha, Herod the Great's winter palace and the Judean wilderness. Bonus points for whoever can comment with the story of Elisha and the spring.
Me at the spring of Elisha
It was really fun and SUPER hot. Especially the Judean wilderness. Let me paint a picture for
you. Close your eyes and picture a desert, sand as far as you can reach. Now imagine that all this sand forms 150-200 foot high mountains. Now add the sun beating down on you and no food or water. Yeah, you wouldn't want to get lost in the Judean wilderness. It amazes me that anyone could survive fasting for 40 days in that weather. Obviously, only the Son of God would be able to do that.
The Judean wilderness and I
It was fun. At the end of our field trip I bought Sycamore nuts. YUM. Seriously, I could eat my way through any country.
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