Where is King David’s Tomb?
In the winter 2007 issue of Jewish Action, in a letter to the editor, Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotofsky takes issue with my article concerning the location of the Tomb of David. In the interest of our mutual concern for truth, I must set the record straight. In the summer 2007 issue, we both presented our points of view as to where we believe King David was buried. Ancient Jerusalem consisted of two hills: the Eastern Hill and the Western Hill. Dr. Zivotofsky believes that King David was buried on the Eastern Hill, the area south of the Temple Mount, and I am convinced that King David was buried on the Western Hill, the traditional site of King David’s Tomb on Mount Zion. Near the beginning of his letter, Dr. Zivotofsky states “…As I [Zivotofsky] showed previously, a verse in the Book of Nechemiah and a Tosefta place it [the Tomb of David] near the Shiloah and next to the Kidron Valley” (implying that his “Eastern Hill theory” is correct). I read and reread the quoted source in Nechemiah (3:15-
