This is the entrance to the City of David, however this is not King David playing the harp ! ….it is Avir.
He is about to do the walking tour of the City of David, including passing through the underground tunnels through which the city was conquered and residents fled and he is also going to the hidden spring where kings were crowned. Walking in Hezekiah’s Tunnel, is quite exciting. This is an area where water has flowed since the time of the prophets.
The City of David is the birthplace of the city of Jerusalem, the place where King David established his kingdom, and where the history of the People of Israel was written was located on a narrow ridge south of the present-day ‘Old City’. It borders the deep Kidron Valley to the East, where the Gihon Spring, the city’s main water source, is located.
King David finally captured the city at about 1,000 BC. David’s soldiers entered into the city of the Jebusites through the gutter, probably the tunnel of the Gihon spring (2 Samuel 5 6-9). This archaeological park is one of Israel’s most important historical landmarks, a must-see site for all tourists, including Avir.