The Kidron Valley is a valley originating slightly northeast of the Old City of Jerusalem, which then separates the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives, and ending at the Dead Sea. Beyond Jerusalem
Kidron Valley viewed from the Old City of Jerusalem, with the Stepped Stone Structure (bottom right)
Dry plate photograph of Jews gathering at Absalom's Tomb in the Kidron Valley, early 20th century. View towards the south-west from the Jewish cemetery, with the south-eastern corner of Temple Mount in the upper background.
Jan van Cootwijk, folio from the Itinerary of Jerusalem and Syria: Kidron Valley with Jesus' footprints near the bridge, Absalom's pillar (right), and the Tomb of the Virgin in the background. Antwerp, 1619.
Benei Hazir Tomb (left) and Tomb of Zechariah (right)
Gethsemane is a garden as well as a courtyard at the foot of the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem, where, according to the four Gospels of the New Testament, Jesus Christ underwent the Agony in the G
Kidron Valley
…3:2, Joel 3:12). According to the New Testament, Jesus crossed the valley many times travelling between Jerusalem and Bethany. The valley contains the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus prayed the night before he was crucified. The name Kidron was mentioned in John 18:1. A farmstead from the Kidron Valley was excavated…
One of four adjacent olive groves near the foot of the Mount of Olives, traditionally considered to be Gethsemane
Garden of Gethsemane and Ascent to Stephen's Gate, across the Valley of Jehosephat, 1857.
Andrea Mantegna's Agony in the Garden, c. 1460, depicts Jesus praying in the Gethsemane while the disciples sleep and Judas leads the mob.
One of the oldest olive trees in the garden.