The Restoration in Images

En-Gedi, The contrast of this beautiful oasis on the shores of the Dead Sea is striking.  The photographs below encompass only a small part of the oasis and settlement of En-Gedi.

Mentioned in Joshua 15:62 as one of the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah  " And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages."

David used En-Gedi as a hide out from King Saul.

1 Samuel 24:1
" AND it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David [is] in the wilderness of Engedi."

Saul, with three thousand of Israel, pursued David into En-Gedi, and it was here that David cut a  piece from Saul's skirt. (verse 4)

Water and waterfalls at En-Gedi

A class on a field trip.  Note that each of the teachers carries a rifle