Bet Shemesh

The site of Samson's powerfully anointed, yet whacked out, life. Philistine territory in one direction and Israelite territory in another. One of the neat things about this site was visiting a 2500 year old cistern (dating back to the Babylonian invasion) (see photos).

Then we read from Jeremiah 2:12-13. It brought whole new meaning to the living water that is offered by God to the stale and stagnant cistern water that the people of Israel had settled for. Standing in a cistern as you read that passage will change the way you understand it forever.Read more