Israel - Day 5 - Beit Sheaan and The Dead Sea

Hello blog friends and family!  We're at the half-way point in our trip in beautiful Israel.  Today Kevin will give the devotion at Beth Shean.  (Please pray for him!) This is the largest excavation site in Israel.  We will also get to visit ancient Jericho and view the Mt. of Temptations.  Then we will drive through the area where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.  Then we will get to experience the lowest place on the earth, The Dead Sea.  It is also the saltiest body of water on earth.  We will get to float in it too!  Can't wait to share pics when I come home! :)

Scripture references:

Beit Sheaan -

Joshua 17:11-18
Judges 1:27
1 Samuel 31:10-13
1 Kings 4:12
1 Chronicles 7:29

Jericho -

Numbers 22:1; 26:1-62; 31:12; 33:48-50; 34:15; 351; 36:13
Deuteronomy 32:49; 34:1-4
Joshua 2:1; 3:16; 4:13-19; 5:10, 13; 6:1-27; 7:2; 8:2; 9:3; 10:1, 28, 30; 12:9; 13:32; 16:1, 7; 18:12, 21; 20:8; 24:11
2 Samuel 10:5
1 Kings 16:34
2 Kings 2:4-18; 25:5
1 Chronicles 6:78; 19:5
2 Chronicles 28:15
Ezra 2:34
Nehemiah 3:2; 7:36
Jeremiah 39:5; 52:8
Matthew 20:29
Mark 10:46
Luke 10:30; 18:35; 19:1
Hebrews 11:30 

Mt. of Temptations (not named specifically; traditionally held site) -

Matthew 4:1-11
Mark 4:12-13
Luke 4:1-13  

Qumran Caves (where the Dead Sea scrolls were discovered) -

Matthew 19:11-12
Colossians 2:8, 18, 23

Dead Sea -

Genesis 14:3
Numbers 34:3, 12
Joshua 3:16; 12:3; 15:2, 5; 18:19