"When we began excavating the City of David in 2010 ... when the Kings of Judah ruled. "The structure ceased to function during the 8th century BCE, possibly as part of King Hezekiah’s religious ...

The team believes that the structure was in use until the 8th century BCE, the middle of the period when the Kings of Judah ruled ... on the eastern slope of the City of David, within the ...

An ancient structure uncovered on the eastern slope of the City of David inside Jerusalem ... structure may have been used by residents of Judah for cultic or religious practices.

and two kings of Judah—Hezekiah and Josiah—implemented reforms to eliminate these sites and concentrate worship at the Temple. Proposed reconstruction of the structureShalom Kveller, City of ...

In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a city of Judah, and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary ...