burial memorial of the biblical figure Avshalom located by the Kidron stream in Jerusalem
The 'tomb' known today as Yad Avshalom (Avshalom's Monument - יד אבשלום) is located in the
Kidron Valley in
Jerusalem, situated between the
Temple Mount and
Mount of Olives.Archaeologists have dated the 'tomb' to the first century CE. It is believed to be the 'tomb' of
Absalom. It may contradict 2 Samuel 18:17 which says Absalom's body was covered over with stones in a pit in the forest of Ephraim. The Jewish tradition connects it to
Absalom son of King
David. According to 2 Samuel 18:18, "Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the Monument after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's Monument.
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