Christmas at En Gedi - 2

These are more photos from a couple of days spent at En Gedi during our Christmas break. En Gedi is located right by the Dead Sea. A few kilometers north of En Gedi is Qumran. Below is a photo of Cave #4 at Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1948.

While riding to the current water's edge of the Dead Sea, you can see signs like this where the water used to be before receeding.

At the shore of the Dead Sea.

The Dead Sea, also known Biblically as the Salt Sea, was one of the borders for the children of Israel. 'And the border shall go down to the Jordan and its termination shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders all around.'" Numbers 34:12.

Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person. Colossians 4:6

The evaporating shoreline of the Dead Sea.

Wadi Arugot at En Gedi.

Kibbutz En Gedi has an international outdoor botanical garden. Not everything was in bloom in December, but many plants and flowers were thriving.

Sculptures made from salt at an Ahava Products factory by the Dead Sea.

Caves of the Dead Sea Scrolls.