The Kidron Valley is a deep valley just outside the city of Jerusalem, between its eastern wall and the Mount of Olives.
* The valley is over 1,000 meters deep and about 32 kilometers long.
* When King David was fleeing from his son Absalom, he went through the Kidron Valley to get to the Mount of Olives.
* King Josiah and King Asa of Judah ordered that the high places and altars of false gods be smashed and burned; the ashes were thrown into the Kidron Valley.
* During the reign of King Hezekiah, the Kidron Valley was where the priests threw everything impure that they removed from the temple.
* The evil queen Athaliah was killed in this valley because of the wicked things she had done.