COMO DAVI CONQUISTOU JERUSALEM? Israel com Aline

Shalom and welcome back to ‘Israel with Aline!’ Today we are going to talk about one of King David’s most important battles, the Battle for the conquest of Jerusalem and so we are here in David’s city to meet who his enemies were and also walk through the same tunnel that King David walked through. So if you’re ready, let’s get started! Up there we see the remains of King David’s palace which is about 3,000 years old but that is not what we came to see today, because we want to know who lived and who controlled Jerusalem before King David came here. And so we are going to go back in time and go underground here in the city of David to find out all of this. So come with me, because today’s adventure is going to be a great one! (King David’s Palace) Who lived here in Jerusalem were a Canaanite people, called Jebusites and they were pagans, I mean, they believed in many gods. And here in the archaeological excavations, what was found? Many of their objects were found, among them images and sculptures that they worshiped. But what were these people doing here in the land that God promised to Abraham and his descendants? Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were living here in the promised land, but in Jacob’s time a great drought began and the family was forced to go down to Egypt. They arrive in Egypt as a large family, but only a family. But after four hundred years, they become a huge people! And God will deliver his people from slavery and take them to spend forty years in the desert and then they will return to the Promised Land, but the land in all this time was not left empty. The Canaanite people also multiplied, and that’s why the people led by Joshua will have to reconquer city after city and they will take the territory and divide it up among the twelve tribes but neither Joshua nor the tribe of Judah succeed in reconquering the city as we see in this passage: “Judah could not dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem.” Joshua 15:63 And that’s because the Canaanites, the Jebusites who lived here had great fortifications. But now, as we said, let’s go underground and learn more about the city, come on! Centuries after Joshua King David comes here and tries to conquer the city of Jerusalem the people of Israel for centuries tried and couldn’t, and the Jebusite King when he hears King David’s plans, he literally starts laughing and says, “there’s no chance you can conquer our city.” The king and his men marched to Jerusalem to attack the Jebusites, who lived there The Jebusites said to David, “You will not get in here; even the blind and the lame can ward you off. They thought, “David cannot get in here.”
2 Samuel 5:6 How could King Jebusite be so sure that David and the people of Israel would not make it? The reason is right here behind me, look at these colossal walls that they built, I mean, the city was extremely protected. We know this even from reports from the time of Joshua, when the Spies come here, they come back and tell that the land of Israel has fortified cities and walls that went up to the heavens. Surely for people of the ancient world when they arrived and saw walls of this size it seemed as if they really reached the heavens. But the Jebusites knew that they had a weak point which was the source of water the Spring of Gihon, because the spring was outside the city of Jerusalem. So they build an arm that goes outside the walls and encompasses this water source so they would have water into the city and the water would not be available to people who wanted to invade and that’s exactly what we see here behind me. This gigantic wall was built to protect the water source and you see it even had a soldiers’ room like we see now. And if we could peel back this wall and look inside, we would see the source of the water. And David stood here outside the walls of Jerusalem and he wanted very much to conquer the city, but as we said, the city was very heavily fortified. And King Jebusite had faith that because of the walls David would not succeed. But David had full faith in God, and so he knew that yes, he would succeed. But the question is how? How will you fight against such great walls? David knew that against the walls he wouldn’t stand a chance, and he needed an alternative plan. He is going to tell all the soldiers, “the first one who comes in and wounds the Jebusite, that will be the new head of the army.” He puts a challenge to all his soldiers; and Joab son of Zeruiah, he volunteers to be the one who is going to be the first one to go in and hurt the Jebusite, look how interesting: a few years earlier, nobody from the people of Israel wanted to fight Goliath and exactly David is going to be the one who volunteers for this great mission and now he calls another person from the people, another soldier to be the one who is going to lead who is going to volunteer against the Jebusites and now Joab takes this mission, but again how is one going to be able to conquer the city? The walls are gigantic. They realize that somehow the water comes in and out of the city, Gihon, the spring was inside the walls but the water somehow had to come out because farming was done outside. So if the water comes out of the city, there is some way that they are going to be able to get in through that same pipe. The Bible says “Tzinor” which is literally pipe, so Joab, David and some soldiers are going to enter through the water pipe of the Jebusites to make a surprise attack on the city. And now what we are going to do together is to enter through that same pipe, literally following in the footsteps of King David. So, are you ready? Because we are going to attack Jerusalem together! Here we see the tunnel entrance that has been restored, but the inside is completely original. Look how amazing, we are literally walking through “Tzinor”, through the water system that the Jebusites built here and through which King David entered. So this is the passage where Joab, King David and the first soldiers entered to conquer the city of Jerusalem. I mean, it must have been a lot of courage to go through this narrow place, they were not absolutely sure where they were going to come out, but despite all that they go, enter, pass through here and come out inside Jerusalem. It is important to explain that the water did not reach all the way up there the water reached probably up to the thigh or the waist depending on the part of the tunnel. And the tunnel was in total darkness, which means that they walked this way carrying torches to light their way. We are walking in a tunnel from about 3,800 years ago. I mean, this tunnel was already centuries old when King David passed through it. I mean, it is amazing to see how it is preserved until today. David, King of Israel ♪ lives and perseveres! ♪ David, King of Israel lives and endures! ♪ Good-bye! The city of David is very nice! Are you having fun? Yes! Come and see it! ♪ Guys, I was about to go on and continue our tour here in the tunnel but a family came by, the cutest thing, they saw us filming and decided to stop and sing the King David song. I mean, it is beautiful to see the generations here in Israel today so connected with history, especially the history of King David. So it was very nice for you to have this little taste of what it is really like to be here and what the local people think of this place. But let’s keep going because the direction King David walked is that direction over there, come on! Folks, we are almost done here with the tunnel that David walked through to enter the city, look here. And now folks we’ve come out and we’re inside what was Jerusalem of the Jebusites, Let’s have a moment of silence. Can you hear it folks? Do you hear the water? The water from the fountain of Gihon flows here to this day, specifically down here. Let’s go down and understand what this place is today. This is the same spring of water from the time of King David, and even earlier, from the time of the Jebusites. It is really amazing to see this water flowing here to this day! This tunnel that we are in now was built by King Hezekiah about 2,700 years ago to protect the city from the invasion of Assyria, since he knew that the tunnel that King David entered through was a weak point in the city. And so he diverts the water from the Canaanite tunnel, from the upper tunnel to here. “It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Gihon spring and channeled the water down to the west side of the City of David. He succeeded in everything he undertook.” 2 Chronicles 32:30 Do you remember the walls that we saw just a moment ago, the walls built by the Jebusites to protect the spring of water, the spring of Gihon? The main part of the water system is right here behind me, this here was a pool full of water and right next to here is where King David gets to go in to conquer the city, to make this surprise attack. So the great pride of the King of Jebusite, his great walls, his great fortifications are going to be his weak points. And so David manages to enter Jerusalem using the very architecture of the Canaanites. And this place is important also for another reason: this is where Zadok and Nathan anointed King Solomon, King David’s son. So here is a place of cycle and continuation for King David the place where he begins his life in Jerusalem and where he also passes the throne to his son. King David will name the city the City of David and it is one of the names that we use for this place to this day, you can even see here his Harp in honor. And the second thing that King David does is to make Jerusalem the capital of the people of Israel this was three thousand years ago and it remains the capital until today. Me and more than 900,000 people live in the city of Jerusalem today, a vibrant, beautiful place full of history and much of that history connected to King David! Because without a doubt the city would not be what it is without him. I hope you enjoyed today’s video, if you liked it, don’t forget to subscribe here on the channel and like this video because it helps us a lot, so thank you for watching and see you next time!