Jericho

Mount of Temptation

Elisha's Spring

Wall of Jericho -6000 B.C.

Jericho is over 800 feet below sea-level, it is the oldest city in the word and the first town the Israelites took after crossing the Jordan (Joshus 3-6). The town is an oasis in the Judean Desert, drawing water from the spring which the prophet Elisha purified (II Kings 2:21 ). Jesus was very familiar with Jericho and its environs. It was in the River Jordan near Jericho, that he was baptised by John the Baptist (Mark 1:9). On top of a desert mountain overlooking the city, Qarantal, the Mount of Temptation was where he fought for forty days against temptations offered by Satan.