It runs from west to east, draining a significant part of the northern Judean wilderness. The Wadi Qilt is very deep and a barrier to traffic – travelers must travel alongside it rather than cut across it. The route around it is called the “Ascent of Adummim,” the main route from Jericho to Jerusalem.
Possible biblical references:
Isaiah 40:3-5
"A voice is calling,
“Clear the way for the Lord in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.
4 “Let every valley be lifted up,
And every mountain and hill be made low;
And let the rough ground become a plain,
And the rugged terrain a broad valley;
5 Then the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
And all flesh will see it together;
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”"
The Good Samaritan
Luke 10:30
"30 Jesus replied and said, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and [a]beat him, and went away leaving him half dead."
The Temptation of Jesus
Matthew 4:1 "Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. "
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