STRUCTURES ON SAMUEL'S MOUNTAIN
USED FOR RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

Mikvah over a fountain on the Auerbach farm
- used also as a baptismal by Bizanthines
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Mikvah over a fountain on the Auerbach farm

Inside the mikvah

 Inside the mikvah

A cross was deeply chiseled above the mikvah by the Bizanthines. Attempts were made to remove it,
but the cross beam and top part remained

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Flat space at the city of Ramah (Gibeon)
where animals were slaughtered for sacrifice

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Cross chiseled into the rock above the mikvah. The mikvah must have been used for baptisms

Flat space at the city of Ramah (Gibeon) where animals were slaughtered for sacrifice

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the GREAT HIGH PLACE; a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon the altar. (1 Kings 3:3-4).

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