David's Tomb
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King David's Tomb is believed to be situated on Mount Zion near the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel.
According to the Hebrew Bible, David is supposed to be buried inside the City of David together with other Judean kings, but ancient tradition holds that he is buried in the structure adjacent to the Dormition Church. The Tomb has David's name on it, covered on beautiful clothes with crown-shaped ornaments placed on top of Torah scrolls. These were also brought from Jewish communities extinguished during the Holocaust.
On the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, many gather at the tomb where it is customary to light 150 candles at the site, signifying the 150 liturgical songs of the Book of Psalms, many of which, tradition holds, were written by King David.
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