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Outward Flight
Flight Data
Flying time approximately 16 hrs.
Flight distance approximately 7,350 nautical miles.
Cruise height approximately 36,000 feet.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem
Since the 11th century BC, the city continues to expand around Mount
Moriah, Mount Zion, and the Mount of Olives. The Old City, contained
with the 3.5 miles of the city walls, is divided into four quarters: Jewish,
Muslim, Armenian, and Christian.
In 2017 the population of the Old City was
37,000 people. Most of the people live
in the Muslim and Christian quarters.
There are seven open gates into the
Old City. The Golden Gate on the
Temple Mount was sealed in
1541.
City of David
In the days of Abraham, it was
known as Salem. The king and
priest of Salem Melchizedek,
blesses Abraham and Abraham
gives him a tenth of his wealth.
King David established his capital
here after conquering the Canaanite
fortress of Jebus on this hill adjacent to the Temple Mount but outside
today’s Old City.
Kings, Prophets and Priests of Judea lived on its slopes as witnessed by
the Gihon, Ein Rogel springs and the Tombs in the Kidron Valley on the
eastern slopes of the city.
Continuing excavations regularly expose biblical artefacts from both the
Old and New Testament periods including the locations of Solomon and
David’ Palace, Hezekiah’s tunnel, Roman streets leading to Mount Zion
and the Temple and the huge Pool of Siloam.