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David hid from Saul in the caves of Adullum (1 Samuel 22:1-2). We don’t know which caves David chose for his hiding places, but these video clips from the area will help you see why he felt secure there. David wrote Psalm 34 during this season of his life. Psalms 57 and 142 were also written while he was hiding in caves. En Gedi is another potential location of the writing of David’s “in-the-cave” psalms.

David fought Goliath between Sokoh and Azekah in the Valley of Elah (1 Samuel 17:1-2). Fly over this ancient tel and you’re looking at the site of one of the most famous battles in history!

Bet She’an guards the intersection of the Jezreel and Jordan River valleys. The bodies of Saul and his sons were hung on the walls of ancient Bet She’an (1 Samuel 31). Look for the large, grass-covered tel (hill) for that location. Jesus would have known the Greek and Roman versions of the city, which was spread out on the ground below the ancient tel. Of the original 10 cities of Alexander’s Decapolis, Bet She’an is the only such town west of the Jordan River.

Bet Shemesh (“House of the sun”) played key roles in Joshua’s military campaigns and in the constant fighting between the Philistines and Israelites. Samson also grew up overlooking the Sorek Valley. Bet Shemesh guarded the Sorek, making it an important military fortress.

Bethlehem of Judea (“House of bread”) was home to Ruth and Boaz and King David. It was also the birthplace of Jesus. Today the city is large and crowded. The video clips of shepherds and their sheep may convey more of the biblical tone of what the city was like centuries ago. Looking for a great angle on the Christmas story? The Herodium - the favorite home of Herod the Great - stood just three miles from Bethlehem. It towered over the birthplace of Jesus!

The traditional location of the birth of Jesus, the Church of the Nativity is one of the oldest churches in the world. Looking for the exact location of where Jesus was born, according to tradition? Star marks the spot! We have many more clips of this church included in the iBiblestock Video Library.

This relatively new church is next door to the Church of the Nativity. The value of these clips includes visiting the cave below the main level. Unlike the Church of the Nativity, the rocky environment of the caves below both churches is not covered up. If Jesus was born in this general location, as tradition says happened, then he was born in a converted cave!

The base of ministry for Jesus, Capernaum saw an amazing number of miracles and heard the world’s best sermons. Little wonder the synagogue ruins in this village compose the largest synagogue ever found in Israel. We have more clips of Capernaum available in the iBiblestock Video Library. Here’s how you can own it today!

Caesarea Maritima (by the Sea) is one of the most remarkable ancient cities you’ll find anywhere in the lands of the Bible. Appearing only in the book of Acts, this is a city visited by Philip the Evangelist (Acts 8:40) and Simon Peter (Acts 10). Paul began or ended some of his missionary journeys from this port city and was held prisoner here for two years (Acts 24:27). This city was four times larger than Jerusalem during the New Testament era and is different from Caesarea Philippi, a much smaller, pagan community Jesus once visited (Matthew 16).

Called Banias before and after the New Testament era, this is where Jesus famously proclaimed the “Gates of Hades” would not prevail against his church (Matthew 16:13-28). Study the amazing history of this place and you’ll find that the cave in the cliff was once called the “Gates of Hades.” We have several drone video clips and on-the-ground clips packaged here in four overview compilations. All of the separate video clips are available in the iBiblestock Video Library.

There is debate over where biblical Bethsaida is. These ruins have long been connected with the birthplace of Simon Peter, Andrew and Philip (John 1:44). Jesus healed a blind man in Bethsaida. He also fed large crowds with a very small amount of food near this location. In recent years, excavation of another collection of ruins have been discovered closer to the Sea of Galilee. If those ruins prove to be the Bethsaida of Simon’s hometown, these images will still connect people with the simple lives most people in the Galilee knew.

The pagan city of Dan is in the northernmost reaches of Israel. The Bible often speaks of “from Dan to Beersheba” to represent the entire stretch of God’s people. The tribe of Dan left their assigned home and murderously took this community from a peaceful people (Judges 18). The history of the place went downhill from there. King Jeroboam placed a golden calf at Dan (1 Kings 12:29) after the united kingdom suffered a split. The altar and high place where that idol once stood is visible today.

The largest body of water in Israel, the Dead Sea is eight times saltier than the average ocean. At more than 1,400 feet below sea level, the Dead Sea is also situated at the lowest place on earth. The eastern shoreline of the 40-mile-long lake marks the bottom of the Judean Wilderness.

Overlooking the Valley of Elah, this fortress may have protected Saul and his frightened troops as Goliath and the Philistines taunted Israel for 40 days (1 Samuel 17:16). This is likely the site of Shaaraim (“two gates”) mentioned in 1 Samuel 17:52. Notice in the ruins two different gates of what was once a heavily fortified community.

David once defeated Goliath in the Elah Valley (1 Samuel 17:1-3). The valley begins at the coastal plain of Israel and winds its way nearly to Jerusalem. Gaining control of the valley, therefore, was critically important for the mountain-dwelling Israelites and the encroaching Philistines. It was a natural battlefield for the two forces to meet. For more dramatic views of the valley, be sure to see our clips from Azekah and the Elah Fortress.

En Gedi is an oasis in the Judean Wilderness. David once hid here from Saul (1 Samuel 24), and it’s easy to see why! Want to see the stark contrast from the air? Check out the footage from En Gedi’s “Hidden Falls!”

The “Hidden Falls” of En Gedi aren’t as well known as the more dramatic “David Falls.” But the stark contrast of harsh, barren wilderness against the refreshing water flowing out of the rocks is an unforgettable site. Purified for centuries, a cold refreshment in a hot desert, this life-giving water is still known as “living water” in Israel today!

Gamla isn’t mentioned in the New Testament, even though it has an incredible history during that time period. The synagogue ruins in this community are amazing. While we don’t know if Jesus ever spoke in this synagogue, it’s fairly close to the Sea of Galilee and the area where many of the miracles happened. The writers of the Gospels tell us that Jesus visited (Matthew 4:23, 9:35) many towns in the Galilee, almost always teaching in their synagogues.

Gath was the hometown of Goliath. Ironically, it was also a community where David sought work! In time, David conquered the city, as did Hezekiah. Gath is on the coastal plain and was a guardian fortress of the intercontinental coastal highway that connected Africa, Asia and Europe. Several more clips are included in the iBiblestock Video Library.

Ancient Gezer was an important boundary city on the edge of the coastal plain and the hill country (Shephelah). At times it was held by the Israelites and at other times, by the Philistines or another pagan group. The standing stones of Gezer are probably associated with one of the pagan religions that once dominated the area.

Hatzor guarded the Hula Valley, home to the major highway connecting Israel with the Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian empires. Joshua once captured this city, burning it to the ground (Joshua 11:11). Burned stones from the Joshua era are part of the footage included here. To learn more about the ruins of this city, watch this video (6:24).

The Herodium was the favorite palace/fortress of Herod the Great. The massive, man-made mountain towered over the Christmas story, giving immediate insight to the terror Herod inflicted upon the families of nearby Bethlehem (Matthew 2:16-18). Herod was buried at the Herodium. Archaeological work continues to make the Herodium one of the most fascinating, New Testament era sites in all of Israel. Even more clips are available in the iBiblestock Video Library.

In Israel, Tel Aviv and Jaffa are so closely aligned, they’re often referred to in the same breath. It was in Jaffa where Simon Peter was called to meet Cornelius (Acts 9-10). Known as Joppa in the Bible, the small community had long been known as an ancient port for Israel (2 Chronicles 2:16). It was also from Joppa where Jonah first set sail before his reluctant trip to Nineveh (Jonah 1:3).

The lowest city on earth is also one of the most familiar cities in the Bible. Jericho was perfectly positioned at the crossroads of the Jordan River Valley and the only road leading up to Jerusalem. Its mild winter climate made it a favorite of kings. Its ample supply of fresh water turned the desert soil into fertile farmland. Jesus journeyed through Jericho many times, most famously just one week before the crucifixion (Luke 19).

“Cardo” means “straight.” The Romans always wanted a wide, straight street running through the heart of their occupied cities. Jerusalem’s Cardo still has the original pavement stones from the time of Christ.

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is the traditional location of both the crucifixion and the resurrection. More than 23 clips, plus the overview shown in this sampling, will be available to you in the iBiblestock Video Library.

Ready to walk through a 2,700-year-old tunnel or a 2,000-year-old drainage ditch? This footage will help your audience visualize the amazing amount of work it took to divert the Gihon Spring underneath the Jerusalem of Hezekiah’s day (2 Chronicles 32:30). The drainage ditch was constructed by Herod the Great as he enlarged the Temple Mount in the decades before Jesus was born.

The most dramatic entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City is through the Damascus Gate. The gate and the walls of the Old City are from the 15th Century and therefore, not that old in comparison with some of the 3,000-year-old ruins found in and near the Old City. Nevertheless, it’s easy to imagine Jesus and the disciples entering the city through such a gate. The crucifixion took place just a short distance from this area.

The most easily identifiable landmark of Jerusalem is the Dome of the Rock. Built upon the Temple Mount, it is perhaps in the very location where the Jewish Temple once stood. Though this is a holy place to Muslims, it is not a mosque. That structure lies just south of the gold-covered Dome of the Rock. Passages from the Koran are artistically inscribed in tile around the building, both inside and out.

The Eastern Gate to the Temple Mount has been sealed shut for centuries. According to Ezekiel 44, the “Anointed One” will enter the Eastern Gate to begin a messianic reign.

Though most scholars cast doubt that “Gordon’s Calvary” or the Garden Tomb might be the site of the crucifixion and resurrection, the natural environment of both locations helps Bible readers envision both events. The iBiblestock Video Library has several clips of these locations. Some of them displayed here are a compilation of scenes.

The traditional locations of the Garden of Gethsemane is marked by the Church of All Nations. If not the exact location of where Jesus prayed the night of his arrest, it is very close to the spot. Ancient olive trees grow in the well-tended gardens, helping set the mood for visitors. For more scenes of olive trees in the area, be sure to see the Kidron Valley video clips.

The Kidron Valley separates the Old City and the Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives and the Garden of Gethsemane. John even included the detail that Jesus and the disciples “crossed the Kidron” on the way to Gethsemane (John 18:1).

The northern wall of Jerusalem’s Old City has a good bit of bedrock showing. In its earliest days, what we now know as Jerusalem was a series of limestone hills. As Jerusalem was built, enlarged, destroyed and rebuilt many times, the hills of Jerusalem were quarried away. One of the many quarries in the city lies below the northern wall.

The Old City of Jerusalem is full of color, sounds and exotic smells. Use these clips to help communicate all of this in your teaching.

One of the most famous locations in the world, the Temple Mount is sacred ground to Jews, Christians and Muslims. Solomon’s Temple once stood atop this artificial platform. Herod the Great expanded the Temple Mount platform and built a new Temple for the Jews. Jesus predicted its total destruction on the last week of his life. Forty years later, the Temple was torn down and the Temple Mount platform was destroyed. The Dome of the Rock was erected on the platform 691-692 AD. Closer views of the Dome of the Rock are available here.

As is often the case, the EIN Video Library has many more clips of the Via Dolorosa than we’re showing here. This is the traditional path Jesus took to the cross, and a walk along this way is fascinating. The street is only about 500 years old, however, so Christian pilgrims aren’t walking on the stones Jesus knew.

Prayer, Torah study and the last remaining stones from the First Century Temple Mount. Little wonder the Western Wall is the most sacred place in the world to Jews.

The “Bread Basket of the Galilee” was also a major thoroughfare for biblical travelers. Because Israel’s well-watered land was sandwiched between an ocean on one side and a desert on the other, travelers from Africa, Europe and Asia traversed the land every day. The Jezreel has been, unsurprisingly, the backdrop of several wars. In biblical times, Deborah won a key battle at Mt. Tabor (Judges 4). King Josiah was killed in a battle on the Plain of Megiddo (2 Chronicles 35:22-24), which is part of the Jezreel. Jesus overlooked the Jezreel from his childhood perch in Nazareth. The southern side of the Jezreel, near Megiddo, is known as the Valley of Armageddon.

From the time of Joshua through the ministry of Jesus, the Jordan River seems to flow through the Bible’s record of history. To see the beginning of the Jordan River, see the clips from Caesarea Philippi.

This stretch of rugged desert between the Judean Mountains (Jerusalem and Bethlehem are on the ridge) and the Dead Sea (the lowest place on earth) was where David hid from Saul and where Jesus prepared for his ministry. Here’s a sampling of the dramatic footage available in the complete Video Library.

Lachish was an important city guarding the southern-most approach to Jerusalem through the hill country of Judea. The Assyrians took Lachish on their way to surrounding Jerusalem during the days of Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:17).

The home of Mary Magdalene, Magdala was a fishing village on the northwestern shoreline of the Sea of Galilee. Though the Gospels don’t tell us that Jesus visited Magdala, it seems almost certain that he would have. Be sure to take advantage of the still photographs from Magdala in our Photo Library.

The most fought-over city in history guards a narrow pass through the hill country of central Israel. Megiddo had already been the scene of so many battles, John must not have been surprised to have heard that the Valley of Megiddo - “Armageddon” - would be the scene of the last and greatest battle. Note our drone video footage over the Megiddo Pass. It clearly and instantly shows why every army in the world wanted control over this bottleneck on an intercontinental highway.

The tallest peak overlooking the Sea of Galilee is Mount Arbel. Directly below Arbel is Magdala, hometown of Mary. Capernaum and several other familiar New Testament communities are close by, too, leading to speculation that Jesus may have climbed Arbel on some of his prayer retreats. Though we can’t say for sure that Jesus prayed from this lookout, it remains the best view of the area where Jesus did most of his preaching and miracles. Here’s how you can own the entire iBiblestock Video Library today!

As his sons and defeated troops ran for their lives in the Jezreel Valley, Saul fell on his sword on Mt. Gilboa. His sons also lost their lives there. The Philistines carried the bodies to nearby Bet She’an and hung them on the walls of the city.

The tallest peak in Israel lies at its northernmost point. Mt. Hermon makes its appearance in an illustrative way in the Song of Solomon (4:8) and in the Psalms (42, 89 and 133). The transfiguration of Jesus also took place on a “high mountain.” According to Matthew 16-17, Jesus would have been at the base of Hermon immediately preceding the transfiguration event. From Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13), Mt. Hermon is by far the most logical “high mountain” in the area.

Modern-day Nablus is in the heart of biblical Samaria. The city lies in the valley of Mt. Gerizim and Mt. Ebal, famous from Joshua’s renewal of the covenant (Joshua 8:30-35). Home to Jacob’s well, this is also the location of Jesus’ famous conversation with the “woman at the well” (John 4).

The childhood home of Jesus is a crowded city today. Footage of the Nazareth village can help your audience connect with the small community Jesus would have known. The Nazareth overlook is traditionally associated with the place where a crowd threatened to throw Jesus to his death. The Valley beneath that overlook is the Jezreel Valley. Directly across the valley lay Megiddo and the Valley of Armageddon!

The ruins of a pagan temple at Omrit have been discovered only in recent years. The temple was one of the first built anywhere in the world to honor the Roman emperor as god on earth. It overlooked the Hula Valley near the road that led to nearby Caesarea Philippi and well beyond that, to Damascus. It is highly likely that Jesus and his disciples walked past this temple on their way to a critically important conversation at Caesarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13-20). Want a quick lesson in this location? Click here for a one-minute video.

Here’s a sampling of our video clips from the Sea of Galilee. View the compilation videos to see samplings of more than 65 individual (and longer) clips we’ve collected for you in our complete Video Library. An estimated 80 percent of the teaching of Jesus and the miracles that accompanied that ministry happened on or near the Sea of Galilee.

Want to see an example of how you can use a short video clip as a great sermon-series opener? First, watch the clip, “Woman on dock at sunrise flyover.” Then click on this link to envision an eye-catching sermon opener. You are welcome to download the sermon opener for free!

Visit Israel and you’ll likely see shepherds and their flocks in several locations. Here’s a sampling of flocks in the Elah Valley. For more sheep and shepherds, visit the Bethlehem video clips page.

The Sorek Valley was a key thoroughfare between the coastal plain (and home to the Philistines) and the Israelites living in the Judean Mountains. Samson grew up overlooking this valley. The Ark of the Covenant once made a most unusual trip through this valley to nearby Bet Shemesh (1 Samuel 6).

If they’re in the Bible, they probably walked the Jericho-Jerusalem Road. People were so familiar with this dangerous path, Jesus used it as the setting for his Parable of the Good Samaritan.

Watch the Jericho Road Drone Overview to see a compilation of the individual clips available in the Video Library. Watch this video to see a ready-to-use video recorded on location to help you understand the importance of this road and how you can use the images of this path in your own ministry.

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