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2 Samuel 15 23
Everyone cried loudly as the king and his followers passed by. They crossed the Kidron Valley and then went out toward the wilderness.
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Joel 3:17
“ Then you will know that I, the Lord your God, live in Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy forever, and foreign armies will never conquer her again.
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2 Chronicles 23 15
So they seized her and led her out to the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and they killed her there.
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John 18:1
After saying these things, Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley with his disciples and entered a grove of olive trees.
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2 Kings 11 16
So they seized her and led her out to the gate where horses enter the palace grounds, and she was killed there.
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2 Kings 23 6
The king removed the Asherah pole from the Lord’s Temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. Then he ground the ashes of the pole to dust and threw the dust over the graves of the people.
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Zechariah 14:20
On that day even the harness bells of the horses will be inscribed with these words: Holy to the Lord. And the cooking pots in the Temple of the Lord will be as sacred as the basins used beside the altar.
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Nehemiah 3:28
Above the Horse Gate, the priests repaired the wall. Each one repaired the section immediately across from his own house.
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2 Kings 23 12
Josiah tore down the altars that the kings of Judah had built on the palace roof above the upper room of Ahaz. The king destroyed the altars that Manasseh had built in the two courtyards of the Lord’s Temple. He smashed them to bits and scattered the pieces in the Kidron Valley.
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Ezekiel 48:35
“ The distance around the entire city will be 6 miles. And from that day the name of the city will be‘ The Lord Is There.’”
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Jeremiah 8:2
They will spread out their bones on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars— the gods my people have loved, served, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like manure.
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Isaiah 51:22
This is what the Sovereign Lord, your God and Defender, says:“ See, I have taken the terrible cup from your hands. You will drink no more of my fury.
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Ezekiel 37:25
They will live in the land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where their ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren after them will live there forever, generation after generation. And my servant David will be their prince forever.
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Ezekiel 45:1-6
“ When you divide the land among the tribes of Israel, you must set aside a section for the Lord as his holy portion. This piece of land will be 8 1/3 miles long and 6 2/3 miles wide. The entire area will be holy.A section of this land, measuring 875 feet by 875 feet, will be set aside for the Temple. An additional strip of land 87 1/2 feet wide is to be left empty all around it.Within the larger sacred area, measure out a portion of land 8 1/3 miles long and 3 1/3 miles wide. Within it the sanctuary of the Most Holy Place will be located.This area will be holy, set aside for the priests who minister to the Lord in the sanctuary. They will use it for their homes, and my Temple will be located within it.The strip of sacred land next to it, also 8 1/3 miles long and 3 1/3 miles wide, will be a living area for the Levites who work at the Temple. It will be their possession and a place for their towns.“ Adjacent to the larger sacred area will be a section of land 8 1/3 miles long and 1 2/3 miles wide. This will be set aside for a city where anyone in Israel can live.
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Jeremiah 7:31-32
They have built pagan shrines at Topheth, the garbage dump in the valley of Ben Hinnom, and there they burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I have never commanded such a horrible deed; it never even crossed my mind to command such a thing!So beware, for the time is coming,” says the Lord,“ when that garbage dump will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. They will bury the bodies in Topheth until there is no more room for them.
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Ezekiel 39:29
And I will never again turn my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit upon the people of Israel. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
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Jeremiah 19:11-13
Then say to them,‘ This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: As this jar lies shattered, so I will shatter the people of Judah and Jerusalem beyond all hope of repair. They will bury the bodies here in Topheth, the garbage dump, until there is no more room for them.This is what I will do to this place and its people, says the Lord. I will cause this city to become defiled like Topheth.Yes, all the houses in Jerusalem, including the palace of Judah’s kings, will become like Topheth— all the houses where you burned incense on the rooftops to your star gods, and where liquid offerings were poured out to your idols.’”
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Jeremiah 18:7
If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed,
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Ezekiel 37:2
He led me all around among the bones that covered the valley floor. They were scattered everywhere across the ground and were completely dried out.
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Jeremiah 32:36
“ Now I want to say something more about this city. You have been saying,‘ It will fall to the king of Babylon through war, famine, and disease.’ But this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: