Isaiah 27:1 In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. Isaiah 13:22 And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. Psalm 148:7 Praise the Lord from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps. Psalm 91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. Psalm 74:13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. Psalm 44:19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. Job 40:15 God says to Job, “Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee.” Behemoth in the Bible, William Blake | “Behold now Behemoth which I made with thee” Job 30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. Nehemiah 2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. These are from the older Bible versions.ĭeuteronomy 32:33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. The New Revised Standard Version has replaced the word “dragon” with serpent/crocodile in most cases. There are some monumental tombs there as well, the Tomb of Zechariah, the Tomb of Absolom and the Tomb of the Sons of Hezir.Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Share on EmailĪ collection of Bible verses which mention dragons. This has made the area very sought after for burial. The Kidron Valley is lined with graves, as it has long been a place of burial, and it holds massive significance for the Jewish people believing that the Messiah will pass through the valley to the Golden Gate, raising the dead in the cemeteries there on his way. In John 18:1, it even mentions the Kidron Valley in conjunction with the Garden of Gethsemane. When Jesus entered Jerusalem, he walked through the Kidron Valley to get there and passed back and forth several times through it. It is the Kidron Valley to which Satan tempted Jesus to throw himself from the Temple. David fled through the valley to escape his son. This massive valley extends 20 miles, all the way to the Dead Sea. It separates the Temple Mount from the Mt. The Kidron Valley is the most well known of the valleys. This was in no way by accident, as the people he spoke to would have been well aware of the dark history of the area. Gehenna as a term was used by Jesus to describe eternal punishment and fire. In 2 Kings 23:10, it states that King Josiah defiled the valley and ensured that no man would ever make sacrifice of his child there again during this reforms to bring a new covenant with the Lord. This is spoken of in the books of Jeremiah and 2 Kings 23. This small valley has arguably the saddest history of the area, as children were sacrificed to Molech, with drums beating to drown out the screams of the children in the fire. The Hinnom Valley, also known as Gehenna translated to “hell”. Today, it is barely recognizable and is filled with houses and debris and streets with close proximity to the Al-Aqsa compound. The Tyropoeon Valley is also known as “Valley of the Cheesemakers” (though there is no evidence any cheese was ever made there) and it divided the Old City and Mt. These valleys have stories and histories as well that reach far beyond just being the beginning of ascent. Jerusalem has been at the center of the world for millennia and prior to its religious significance, it had strategic military advantages being surrounded by valleys which created immediate high ground. This city on a hill is surrounded by three valleys that from their depths no doubt made the gleaming Temple look even more impressive and grand The Tyropoeon Valley, the Hinnom Valley, and the Kidron. Jerusalem, “The City of Peace” is the city where Christians and Jews yearn to ascend to.