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City of David

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City of David

The City of David (Hebrew: עיר דוד‎, Ir David; Arabic: مدينة داوود‎) is the Israeli name for the oldest settled neighborhood of Jerusalem[citation needed] and a major archaeological site. It is on a narrow ridge running south from the Temple Mount in the predominantly Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem.[2][3] It was a walled city in the Bronze Age and, according to tradition, it is the place where King David built his palace and established his capital. The City of David enjoyed the defensive advantages of its position by the Tyropoeon Valley to its west, since largely filled in; by the Hinnom valley to the south, and the Kidron Valley on the east.

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