Tel Dan

Tel Dan - Tel Dan Stele is a fragmentary stele containing a Canaanite inscription which dates to the 9th century BCE. It is notable for possibly being the most significant and perhaps the only extra-biblical archeological reference to the house of David.

Banyas waterfall (separate stop just to see waterfalls) - Source of the Jordan river (50%) - hence the name "of the dan ... of jor dan".

Solomon's son jehobam was told to be nicer but turned mean - he made temples in Dan & Bethel and told people they didn't need to go to Jerusalem to worship

There's a temple built here in defiance of God

Jerobam was pure evil

Lebanon/Jordan/Israel - violent border until 1994; still somewhat violent

DMZ w Lebanon and Syria

Israeli bunkers here too

David's existence was questinoed but they found old scrolls here that depicted David's armies

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