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# Kidron Valley #
## Facts: ##
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.
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* During the reign of King Hezekiah, the Kidron Valley was where the priests threw everything impure that they removed from the temple.
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* The evil queen Athaliah was killed in this valley because of the wicked things she had done.
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(See also: [Absalom](../other/absalom.md), [Asa](../other/asa.md), [Athaliah](../other/athaliah.md), [David](../other/david.md), [false god](../kt/falsegod.md), [Hezekiah](../other/hezekiah.md), [high places](../other/highplaces.md), [Josiah](../other/josiah.md), [Judah](../other/kingdomofjudah.md), [Mount of Olives](../other/mountofolives.md))
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## Bible References: ##
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* [John 18:1-3](rc://en/tn/help/jhn/18/01)
## Word Data:##
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* Strong's: H5674, H6939, G2748, G5493