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(Sergio) So, right there behind me is where we were,
at Mount Tabor.
But, now, this is the Jezreel Valley.
This is the same valley that is spoken about
for that great and terrible war
that will take place in the end times
where there will be so many bodies
it will take them six months to bury them.
They'll put the flags where they find the bones.
So, this is the Jezreel Valley.
And the River Kishon
flows right there, by the mountains,
and goes all the way through Megiddo, Armageddon,
and all the way to Mount Carmel,
where we'll be going right after Armageddon.
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Okay. So we're here in Tel Megiddo.
Incredible place.
There are 26 layers of civilizations here.
26! Can you imagine?
So, look around. So, look to the left.
Right here we've got remains of King Ahab's palace.
This was a 16th layer of civilization.
And now look to your right and you'll find here
the remains of 11th century constructions.
So, when King David got here,
this place already had 15 civilizations before him.
Quite incredible.
But they fortified this city like no one else before.
By the time of King Solomon,
this was the most fortified city in Israel.
This is an incredible excavation of a public grain silo
from the time of King Jeroboam II,
which is about 8th century BC.
So, now we're at the water cistern,
a tunnel dug out by King Ahab.
Think about it. This place is fortified,
the most fortified town in Israel,
but there is a problem.
If there is a siege around the town,
where do you get water?
So what he does is he builds a tunnel
under the city, under the mountain,
that brings in water, which is incredible.
So, to get down there, we've got to go down 183 steps.
Let's do it.
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So, these are the water tunnels that Ahab built.
It's very cool, building with rock.
And the rocks are very cool and nice to touch.
We're on a man-built bridge.
I suppose the water went underneath here.
It's still damp, by the way, which is very cool.
(Sergio) Think about something.
That right now we have something up at the top,
water system coolers for people to drink,
but the water is boiling hot.
The water system that Ahab built
is freezing cold in the summer.
Hydration time!
God, it's too hot! Too hot!
And fight!
So, what's interesting is that after the battles of 1948,
as the Jews reclaimed this piece of land,
a group of Holocaust survivors
reopened and inhabited the city of Tel Megiddo,
but not the ancient ruins.
But, right close next to it,
made another village and called it
after the same name.
And, if this was the fortified city,
if they would get to this north point of it at the top,
they'll be able to see the entire Jezreel Valley.
Look at that.
Ands something you will see now that's familiar,
and it's right there.
That is the Tabor Mountain
where we had just been last week.
And we took a drive from there
all the way through the Jezreel Valley--
Nazareth is right there, by the way--
and got here.
And next week, we'll continue down Jezreel Valley,
all the ways towards the sea,
towards those mountains, which are Mount Carmel.
That's where Elijah did his slaughtering,
down the mountain in the Kishon River.
So, this is it for today.
Next time, join us for Mount Carmel
led by Joy.
Hi.