Comments on: Hachnasas Sefer Torah at Tziyun Dovid HaMelech

By: Milhouse

Milhouse — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:09:17 +0000

#2, it was part of Yerushalayim towards the end of the first Bayis, but not in Dovid’s time. Thus when the tomb that Dovid started filled up, and a new one was needed, Menasheh started one in approximately the same area as this tziyun. Thus it’s possible that this is the location of that tomb, which was the grave of the later kinds of Beis Dovid, and over time that tradition may have become garbled and people may have started calling it “kever Dovid”.

By: Torahumada

Torahumada — Thu, 24 May 2012 01:00:27 +0000

Not a single bona fide archeologist or Jewish historian believes that the Tziyon of Dovid Hamelech on Har Zion is the kever of Dovid Hamelech. That wasn’t even part of Yerushalaim during bais rishon and as a king, Dovid was buried in the city.

By: Milhouse

Milhouse — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:13:17 +0000

the tziyun, which is presumed by many as the makom kvura of Dovid HaMelech We know for a fact that it is not his grave. The Tanach tells us exactly where he is buried: in Ir David, which is south of Har Habayis. Chazal confirm that by telling us that his grave is vented to Nachal Kidron. The so-called "Kever David" is nowhere near there, and it would be impossible for it to vent into Nachal Kidron because there was a valley in between. It may however be the site of the new royal burial site that Menasheh started, because the old one was full. It is in approximately the right place for that.