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Jericho

Jericho


‎Jericho. An aerial view of the lowest city in the world, 250 meters below sea level, 10 kilometers north of the Dead Sea, surrounded by cultivated fields and water reservoirs blue as precious stones set in an ornament. The spring that made Jericho an oasis, Ein-al-Sultan, is associated with the prophet Elisha, who purified its water with salt in response to a request from the people of Jericho, as told in II Kings 2:19–22.

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