Ancient tomb of the Zechariah, a solid stone monument next to Bnei Hazir tomb in the Kidron Valley, Jerusalem, Israel.
On the lower western slope of the Mount of Olives very close to the Garden of Gethsemane All tombs date to the time of the Second Temple CENTER The Tomb of Zechariah by tradition the Prophet Zechariah or by another tradition the father of John the Baptist is a monolithic monument cut from the surrounding rock It is a square structure of 5 x 5 m decorated with Ionic columns and crowned by a pyramid It probably served as nefesh for the tomb below it LEFT The Tomb of Benei Hezir is characterized by its free standing facade with two Doric columns all cut into the rock It has a long Hebrew inscription carved on the architrave above the columns identifying it as the tomb and nefesh of several members of the Hezir family who had served as priests in the Temple and were buried in the rock hewn tomb below The name appears in the Priestly Roster of the First Temple the seventeenth to Hezir 1 Chronicles 24 15 and again among the priests serving in the Second Temple Nehemiah 10 20
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Location: Jerusalem, Isael
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