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# Kidron Valley #
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## Facts: ##
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The Kidron Valley is a deep valley just outside the city of Jerusalem, between its eastern wall and the Mount of Olives.
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* The valley is over 1,000 meters deep and about 32 kilometers long.
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* When King David was fleeing from his son Absalom, he went through the Kidron Valley to get to the Mount of Olives.
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* King Josiah and King Asa of Judah ordered that the high places and altars of false gods be smashed and burned; the ashes were thrown into the Kidron Valley.
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* During the reign of King Hezekiah, the Kidron Valley was the priests threw everything impure that they removed from the temple.
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* The evil queen Athaliah was killed in this valley because of the wicked things she had done.
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(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](https://git.door43.org/Door43/en-ta-translate-vol1/src/master/content/translate_names.md))
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(See also: [absalom](../other/absalom.md) **·** [asa](../other/asa.md) **·** [athaliah](../other/athaliah.md) **·** [david](../other/david.md) **·** [falsegod](../kt/falsegod.md) **·** [hezekiah](../other/hezekiah.md) **·** [highplaces](../other/highplaces.md) **·** [josiah](../other/josiah.md) **·** [kingdomofjudah](../other/kingdomofjudah.md) **·** [mountofolives](../other/mountofolives.md))
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## Bible References: ##
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* [John 18:1-3](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jhn/18/01)
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