another name for love : jerusalem: City of David

So we went to the City of David.

In Brother Harper’s words, since I’ve been through Hezekiah’s Tunnel, I automatically know everything about him! Ok maybe not, but I really do feel like I know the story of King David and those other lovely people in Kings SO much better! Now, I know so much more the lay out of stuff and I can picture it in my head. For example, the city of Jerusalem is very hilly (they call it mountainous…psshhh) and you can be at one house looking far down on a house just 20 yards away, so I can picture how David looked upon Bathsheba and how easily he saw her. I am here in the dirty, dusty streets, the cobblestone ground and walls made of ancient stone. I’m here with the olive trees, the hills, valleys, and rivers. It is such a beautiful place and I have fallen in love with this place!

Kyle and Ster (we're ster-crazy)

So our City of David fieldtrip was very fun and exciting. If you can think of every adjective for fun or exciting, this was that. The City of David is within a 3 minute walk from the center, but technically we’re not allowed in there alone. So we walked down with water shoes and excitement in our hearts! The City of David was the start of Jerusalem. King David came and took over the Jebusites (Jebus was what Jerusalem was before David came and turned it into Jerusalem), established it as a religious and political capital, brought the Ark of the Covenant, wanted to build a temple but couldn’t, and made a covenant with God that his posterity would bring the King of Israel.

We saw some very important remnants of an old residence in the City. It probably was the type of house that Lehi and Nephi would have lived in….maybe it was their house!