The
Kidron Valley (
classical transliteration,
Cedron, from ,
Naḥal Qidron; also
Qidron Valley; ,
Wadi al-Joz for the upper segment near the
Temple Mount, and
Wadi an-Nar for the rest of it) is the valley on the eastern side of The Old City of
Jerusalem, separating the
Temple Mount from the
Mount of Olives. It continues east through the
Judean Desert in the
West Bank, towards the
Dead Sea, descending 4000 feet along its 20 mile course. The
settlement Kedar, located on a ridge above the valley, is named after it. The neighborhood of
Wadi al-Joz bears the valley's Arabic name. The
Hebrew Bible calls it
Emek Yehoshafat, the "Valley of Jehoshaphat". It appears in Jewish eschatologic prophecies, which include the return of
Elijah, followed by the arrival of the Messiah, and the
War of Gog and Magog and Judgment Day.