Professor Cargill finished discussion of the Tel Dan Inscription and its significance and continued on to explain Warren’s Shaft. It was thought to have been used to access the water from the Gihon Spring in order to keep Jerusalem able to survive, considering water is one of the crucial necessities for the existence and survival of a city.
The anointing of Solomon was also covered in 1 Kings 1: 32-40 where Solomon was put on a royal donkey and led down the Gihon Spring, depicting how a king was anointed in ancient Jerusalem. Zechariah 9: 9-10 was also mentioned as a reflection on the coronation ceremony of Solomon. Professor Cargill also introduced the Ark of the Covenant during lecture as a wooden piece that is covered in gold. It served as a representation of the divine and was carried around but finally the decision was made to keep it in one place and build the Temple of Jerusalem around it.
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