Gihon Springs
Main settlement factors for the area of Canaanite were respectively: water, agriculture, communication and trade. It also conveniently sits on a watershed highway. These resources being central to the land were also referred to in the Hebrew Bible. Such that claims made in the Hebrew Bible sometimes accurately describe actual landmarks still in existence in what is now Jerusalem. In support of Bible claims also exist clay figurines. These figurines with names of enemies carved onto them, followed by the smashing of the these figures to curse a person also provide evidence that Jerusalem were a real place as mentioned in the Bible and were big enough to be worthy of curse. For further evidence the Book of Luke makes many references to history that are credible today.
City of David
The City of David established around 1000 BCE, lies between the Kidron and Central Valley. There is much skepticism that surrounds the figure of David, did he exist or not? In recent times there is the Tel Dan inscription that is the first non-biblical reference to David. This is NOT evidence that David existed but rather evidence that people referred to themselves as the "House of David", in which someone thought he exists.
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