Destinations in the Valleys
Alonei Abba and the German Templars
A Galilee village with traces of the German Templar movement, the Protestant sect that helped build modern Palestine.
Bethlehem of Galilee: The Other Bethlehem
Yes, there is a Bethlehem in the Galilee. Some scholars argue it may be the Bethlehem of the tribe of Zebulun.
Ein Dor: The Witch of Endor and Saul’s Last Night
The village where King Saul, desperate before his final battle, asked a medium to raise the dead prophet Samuel.
Ein Jezreel: The Spring That Named the Valley
The spring at the foot of Tel Jezreel that gave the Jezreel Valley its name and sustained communities for millennia.
Givat HaMoreh: Gideon, Saul, and the Jezreel Valley
The biblical hill where Gideon gathered his 300 men and Saul consulted the Witch of Endor.
Biblical Battles and Natural Springs
Ma’ayan Harod: Where Gideon Chose His 300 Warriors
The spring where Gideon tested his men, a beautiful natural pool, and Kibbutz Ein Harod with its art museum and pioneering heritage.
Megiddo Prison: The Oldest Christian Prayer Hall Ever Found
A 3rd-century Christian worship space with inscriptions to ‘the God Jesus Christ,’ discovered under a modern prison.
Megiddo: At the Crossroads of the Ancient World
Tel Megiddo gave the world the word Armageddon, witnessed the earliest recorded battle in history, and was fought over by every empire from Egypt to Britain. Discover 5,000 years of history on one sma
Merhavia: Where Golda Meir Learned to Lead
The kibbutz where a 23-year-old Milwaukee schoolteacher became the woman who would lead Israel.
Mount Gilboa
The mountain where Saul’s story ended, David cursed the rain, and a rare purple iris blooms nowhere else in the world.
Mount Saul: The King’s Last Camp
The hilltop overlooking the battlefield where Saul camped before his final battle against the Philistines.
Nahalal: The First Moshav and Moshe Dayan’s Hometown
Israel’s first moshav, designed in a famous circle, where Moshe Dayan grew up and the cooperative settlement model was born.
Nain: The Miracle of the Widow’s Son
The village on the slopes of Givat HaMoreh where Jesus raised a widow’s only son from the dead. A small Franciscan chapel marks one of the most touching miracles in the Gospels.
Tel Jezreel: Ahab, Jezebel, and Naboth’s Vineyard
The royal palace where Jezebel met her end, Naboth lost his vineyard, and Elijah cursed a king.
Tel Shimron: A New Discovery in the Jezreel Valley
An ancient tel near Nahalal where recent excavations have uncovered a massive Canaanite tunnel system.
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