Fourth Day: July 6

Scott and Emily guided me through Hezekiah's Tunnel today.  Em guided and Scott was her back up.

Even though I had a fear of dark narrow spaces filled with water, my 9 year-old grand daughter insisted that I could handle this adventure with her leading the way.

So with water shoes, flash light in hand, I took my first step into cold water up to my hips and started following my grand daughters voice as I went through a tunnel no wider than my elbows stretch and the top of the tunnel no higher than 5 foot 4 witch meant that my backup guide that is 6 foot 4 had to do a lot of hunching over to get through an hour walk. It was quite amazing to learn the reason why that this tunnel had to be built and in such a hurry. Jerusalem was fixing to be attacked by the Syrian ruler and in order to survive the city Jerusalem had to get the water supply within the walls.  It was amazing to see in the tunnel.

The evening the Syrian army approached the city limits, David prayed to God that the people of Jerusalem had prepared and done all they could do so now it was up to God to help them.  The next morning 3,000 Syrian soldiers lay dead and history tells us that then the army retreated. To leave the tunnel Emily Jo, Scott and I  were able Hezikiahs tunnel by a new discorvered tunnel up to the outside wall of the Dome of the Rock from that point Emily Jo and I had to put on our skirts to show respect before entering The Western Wall. It was a learning experience of how to enter go to the wall to say your prayers and depart the area.  As an act of reverence to the former temple, you exit walking backwards instead of turning your back to the wall.