Friday, March 16 | Bet She’an • Jordan Valley • Judean Wilderness • Qumran

This morning we journey past Mt. Tabor, where Deborah and Barak led the forces of Israel to victory, before arriving at the Spring of Harod where Gideon chose his 300 men. We continue down the Jezreel Valley to the ancient city of Bet She’an. We will walk through the remarkable restoration of the Roman ruins that sit in the shadow of the hill where the Philistines once displayed the bodies of King Saul and his sons. We then proceed down the Jordan Valley past Old Testament Jericho, the ancient Canaanite city where the “walls came tumbling down.” We continue on, entering into the Judean Wilderness where Christ was tempted for 40 days. Our next stop is Qumran to see the caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Late afternoon our journey takes us to the lowest point on the face of the earth, the Dead Sea, where we will overnight along its shores.