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King's Valley

King's Valley (Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 14:17 , 2 Sam 18:18 (identified with Jerusalem ). It is closely linked with Valley of Slaughter (Biblical Place • Valley of Hinnom • 31.769°N, 35.228°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 7:32 , Jer 19:6 (identified with Valley of Hinnom ).

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include King's Valley (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 14:17 , 2 Sam 18:18 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Valley of Slaughter (Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 7:32 , Jer 19:6 (identified with Valley of Hinnom ).) Valley of Shaveh (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 14:17 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Valley of Sorek (now Wadi es-Sarar. Referenced in Judg 16:4 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Ketef Hinnom Silver Scroll — Tiny rolled silver amulet excavated by Gabriel Barkay in 1979 in a late First Temple burial cave overlooking the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem. Etched in Paleo-Hebrew script, it preserves the oldest known surviving text from the Hebrew Bible: the Aaronic Priestly Blessing of Numbers 6:24–26 . Ancient Hebrew Tomb Inscription ( Kidron Valley ) — Monumental Hebrew inscription carved into the limestone cliffside tombs along the eastern slope of the Kidron Valley opposite the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, echoing Isaiah 's oracle concerning royal stewards hewing rock-cut sepulchres on high ( Isaiah 22:15–16 ).

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include 2 Kings 3:16 : "And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches."; 2 Kings 14:7 : "He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day."; 2 Kings 23:10 : "And he defiled Topheth , which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.". Related canonical books and chapters: Joshua 11 ( Joshua • Chapter 11 (23 verses)), 2 Kings 14 ( 2 Kings • Chapter 14 (29 verses)), Joshua 9 ( Joshua • Chapter 9 (27 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

King's Valley
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 14:17 , 2 Sam 18:18 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Valley of Slaughter
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Biblical Place • Valley of Hinnom • 31.769°N, 35.228°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 7:32 , Jer 19:6 (identified with Valley of Hinnom ).

Valley of Shaveh
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 14:17 (identified with Jerusalem ).

מֶלֶךְ
melek (meleḵ) [MEH-lekh]
H4428 Hebrew noun masculine 2530x
king, royal sovereign

King, sovereign ruler; human earthly king under the covenant law (Deuteronomy 17) and supremely Yahweh as cosmic King of kings ruling from Zion.

Derivation: From מָלַךְ (H4427) to reign.
Valley of Sorek
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Biblical Place • 31.826°N, 34.989°E

now Wadi es-Sarar. Referenced in Judg 16:4 .

Biblical Place • Valley of Hinnom • 31.769°N, 35.228°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:8 , Josh 18:16 , 2 Kgs 23:10 , 2 Chr 28:3 , 2 Chr 33:6 , Jer 7:31 (identified with Valley of Hinnom ).

Valley of the Travelers
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Biblical Place • Dibon 1 • 31.497°N, 35.783°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezek 39:11 (identified with Dibon 1 ).

Valley of Succoth
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Biblical Place • Succoth 1 • 32.200°N, 35.633°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ps 108:7 (identified with Succoth 1 ).

Valley of Salt
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Biblical Place • 31.087°N, 35.384°E

from nbd. Referenced in 2 Sam 8:13 , 2 Kgs 14:7 , 1 Chr 18:12 , 2 Chr 25:11 , Ps 60:1 .

Valley of Siddim
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Biblical Place • 31.235°N, 35.518°E

~. Referenced in Gen 14:3 , Gen 14:8 , Gen 14:10 .

Valley of Eshcol
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Biblical Place • Mamre • 31.549°N, 35.094°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 13:23 , Num 13:24 , Num 32:9 , Deut 1:24 (identified with Mamre ).

Valley of Jehoshaphat
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Biblical Place • Kidron • 31.772°N, 35.237°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Joel 3:2 , Joel 3:12 (identified with Kidron ).

Joshua 11
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Joshua • Chapter 11 (23 verses)

And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon , and to the king of Shimron , and to the king of Achshaph , And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth , and in the valley, ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joshua , Moses , Baal , Hebron , Hazor 1 , Madon , Shimron , Achshaph , Chinneroth .

2 Kings 14
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2 Kings • Chapter 14 (29 verses)

In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah . He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem . And he did that wh... Mentions: Joash, Jehoahaz (or Johanan ), Jacob/Israel , Amaziah , Judah , Jerusalem, Edom , Sela , Joktheel 1 , Lebanon .

Valley of Shittim
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Biblical Place • Abel-shittim • 31.858°N, 35.642°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Joel 3:18 (identified with Abel-shittim ).

King's Pool
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 2:14 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Valley of Baca
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Biblical Place • Valley of Hinnom • 31.769°N, 35.228°E

?. Referenced in Ps 84:6 .

Interactive 3D Priestly Blessing Amulet • Numbers 6:24–26

Tiny rolled silver amulet excavated by Gabriel Barkay in 1979 in a late First Temple burial cave overlooking the Hinnom Valley in Jerusalem . Etched in Paleo-Hebrew script, it preserves the oldest known surviving text from the Hebrew Bible: the Aaronic Priestly Blessing of Numbers 6:24–26 .

Valley of Aven
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Biblical Place • 34.007°N, 36.204°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Amos 1:5 .

King's Highway
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Biblical Place • Kir • 31.181°N, 35.702°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 20:17 , Num 21:22 (identified with Kir ).

Interactive 3D Epigraphic Scan • Isaiah 22:15–16

Monumental Hebrew inscription carved into the limestone cliffside tombs along the eastern slope of the Kidron Valley opposite the Temple Mount in Jerusalem , echoing Isaiah 's oracle concerning royal stewards hewing rock-cut sepulchres on high ( Isaiah 22:15–16 ).

Valley of Lebanon
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Biblical Place • Mount Hermon • 33.416°N, 35.857°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:17 , Josh 12:7 (identified with Mount Hermon ).

Valley of Achor
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Biblical Place • 31.837°N, 35.400°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 7:24 , Josh 7:26 , Josh 15:7 , Isa 65:10 , Hos 2:15 .

Interactive 3D Museum Scale Model • 2 Samuel 5 & 1 Kings 6–9

Topographical scale model of royal Jerusalem during the First Temple period (Iron Age II) from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , illustrating the City of David spur, the Ophel , the Kidron and Tyropoeon valleys, and Solomon's Temple complex crowning Mount Moriah .

Valley of Mizpeh
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Biblical Place • 33.282°N, 35.573°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 11:8 .

Ketef Hinnom Silver Scroll (KH2) — Priestly Blessing (Numbers 6:24–26)
IMAGE • archaeology

Seventh-century BCE rolled silver amulet discovered in a burial cave overlooking the Valley of Hinnom , preserving the earliest known citation of biblical scripture.

Judahite Silversmith • Israel Museum, Jerusalem / Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0
Valley Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 26:9 , Neh 2:13 , Neh 2:15 , Neh 3:13 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Joshua 9
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Joshua • Chapter 9 (27 verses)

And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan , in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon , the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite , heard thereof; That the... Mentions: Joshua , Jacob/Israel , Moses , Jordan , Lebanon , Jebusite , Gibeon , Jericho .

Isaiah 22
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Isaiah • Chapter 22 (25 verses)

The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, a joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound... Mentions: Elam , Judah , David , Jehoiakim (or Eliakim ), Hilkiah , Kir , Jerusalem .

Valley of Zeboim
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Biblical Place • 31.936°N, 35.425°E

from tyndale; now Wadi ed Dubba. Referenced in 1 Sam 13:18 .

1 Kings 1
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1 Kings • Chapter 1 (53 verses)

Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy b... Mentions: David , Jacob/Israel , Zeruiah , Zadok , Nathan , Gihon 2 .

1 Chronicles 14
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 14 (17 verses)

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David , and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel , for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel . And David took more... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel, Shobab , Nathan , Solomon , Tyre , Jerusalem , Japhia , Rephaim , Baal .

Valley of Hinnom
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Biblical Place • 31.769°N, 35.228°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:8 , Josh 18:16 , Neh 11:30 .

Valley of Aijalon
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Biblical Place • Aijalon • 31.841°N, 35.025°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 10:12 (identified with Aijalon ).

Valley of Gibeon
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Biblical Place • Gibeon • 31.847°N, 35.185°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 28:21 (identified with Gibeon ).

Scripture Passages (24)

And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches.

He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.

And he defiled Topheth , which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.

And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal : yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah : and the Lord my God shall come, and all the saints with thee.

And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth , and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,

And in the valley, Beth–haram, and Beth–nimrah, and Succoth , and Zaphon , the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon , Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.

Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir , even unto Baal –gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon : and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.

And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel , and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

On this side Jordan , in the valley over against Beth–peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon , whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt :

And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan , in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon , the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite , heard thereof;

And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal –gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir ; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;

Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?

Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:

If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

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