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dir="rtl">قبور الأنبياء</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Qubūr al-ʾAnbiyyāʾ</i></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:C%2BB-Tombs-Fig3-TombOfTheProphets.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%2BB-Tombs-Fig3-TombOfTheProphets.PNG/220px-C%2BB-Tombs-Fig3-TombOfTheProphets.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="358" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%2BB-Tombs-Fig3-TombOfTheProphets.PNG/330px-C%2BB-Tombs-Fig3-TombOfTheProphets.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/C%2BB-Tombs-Fig3-TombOfTheProphets.PNG/440px-C%2BB-Tombs-Fig3-TombOfTheProphets.PNG 2x" data-file-width="449" data-file-height="731" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Plan of the tomb</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Mount_of_Olives" title="Mount of Olives">Mount of Olives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tomb_of_the_Prophets&params=31.776444_N_35.243106_E_type:landmark"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">31°46′35″N</span> <span class="longitude">35°14′35″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">31.776444°N 35.243106°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">31.776444; 35.243106</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category">burial chamber</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1st century</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">Site notes</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Excavation dates</th><td class="infobox-data">1870–1874</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archaeologists</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Simon_Clermont-Ganneau" title="Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau">Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ownership</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church_Outside_of_Russia" title="Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia">Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Public access</th><td class="infobox-data">Scheduled access (on-site caretaker)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">قبور الأنبياء</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Qubūr al-ʾAnbiyyāʾ</i></span>} <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Graves (of) the Prophets</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>; <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a>: <span lang="he" dir="rtl">מערת הנביאים</span> "Cave of the Prophets") is an ancient burial site located on the upper western slope of the <a href="/wiki/Mount_of_Olives" title="Mount of Olives">Mount of Olives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>. According to a medieval Jewish tradition also adopted by Christians, the catacomb is believed to be the burial place of <a href="/wiki/Haggai" title="Haggai">Haggai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zechariah_(Hebrew_prophet)" title="Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)">Zechariah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Malachi" title="Malachi">Malachi</a>, the last three <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible">Hebrew Bible</a> prophets who are believed to have lived during the 6th–5th centuries BC. Archaeologists have dated the three earliest burial chambers to the first century BC, thus contradicting the tradition.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Burial_chamber">Burial chamber</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tomb_of_the_Prophets&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Burial chamber"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The chamber forms two concentric passages containing 38 burial niches.<sup id="cite_ref-Cornfeld1973_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cornfeld1973-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The entrance to the large <a href="/wiki/Rock-cut_tombs_in_ancient_Israel" title="Rock-cut tombs in ancient Israel">rock-cut burial cave</a> is on the western side, where a staircase descends, flanked on both sides by a stone <a href="/wiki/Balustrade" class="mw-redirect" title="Balustrade">balustrade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KlonerZissu2007_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KlonerZissu2007-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It leads into a large circular central vault measuring 24 ft (7.3 m) in diameter. From it, two parallel tunnels, 5 ft (1.5 m) wide and 10 ft (3.0 m) high, stretch some 20 yd (18 m) through the rock. A third tunnel runs in another direction. They are all connected by cross galleries, the outer one of which measures 40 yd (37 m) in length.<sup id="cite_ref-Porter1866_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Porter1866-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Research shows that the complex actually dates from the 1st century BCE, when this style of tombs came into use for Jewish burial. Some Greek inscriptions discovered at the site suggest the cave was re-used to bury foreign Christians during the 4th and 5th centuries CE.<sup id="cite_ref-Winter1999_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winter1999-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On one of the side walls of the vault, a Greek inscription translates: </p> <blockquote><p>Put thy faith in God, Dometila: No human creature is immortal!<sup id="cite_ref-SaulcyWarren1854_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SaulcyWarren1854-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Holy_site">Holy site</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tomb_of_the_Prophets&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Holy site"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tomb_of_the_Prophets_entrance_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Tomb_of_the_Prophets_entrance_2.jpg/220px-Tomb_of_the_Prophets_entrance_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Tomb_of_the_Prophets_entrance_2.jpg/330px-Tomb_of_the_Prophets_entrance_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Tomb_of_the_Prophets_entrance_2.jpg/440px-Tomb_of_the_Prophets_entrance_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>Entrance to the Tomb of the Prophets</figcaption></figure> <p>The site has been venerated by the Jews since the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, and they often visited the site.<sup id="cite_ref-KlonerZissu2007_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KlonerZissu2007-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Publishers1954_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Publishers1954-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Benjamin1859_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benjamin1859-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1882, Archimandrite <a href="/wiki/Antonin_Kapustin" title="Antonin Kapustin">Antonin Kapustin</a> acquired the location for the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Orthodox_Church" title="Russian Orthodox Church">Russian Orthodox Church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He planned to build a church at the site, which aroused strong protests by the Jews who visited and worshipped at the cave.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Churchman_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Churchman-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ottoman courts ruled in 1890 that the transaction was binding but the Russians agreed not to display Christian symbols or icons at the site which was to remain accessible for people of all faiths. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tomb_of_the_Prophets&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><abbr>(he)</abbr> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.antiquities.org.il/images/archinfo//061-090/077.pdf">The Tombs of the Prophets</a> <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.antiquities.org.il%2Fimages%2Farchinfo%2F%2F061-090%2F077.pdf">archive</a></small> on the website of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.antiquities.org.il/default_en.aspx">Israel Antiquities Authority</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tomb_of_the_Prophets&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, <i>The Holy Land: An Oxford Archaeological Guide from Earliest Times to 1700</i>, 2008 (5th edition)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Cornfeld1973-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cornfeld1973_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon 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.citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFGaalyahu_Cornfeld1973" class="citation book cs1">Gaalyahu Cornfeld (1973). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gJsxXIZvjcsC&pg=PA138"><i>I Love Jerusalem</i></a>. Kinneret. p. 138. GGKEY:75S35PKF07B.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=I+Love+Jerusalem&rft.pages=138&rft.pub=Kinneret&rft.date=1973&rft.au=Gaalyahu+Cornfeld&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DgJsxXIZvjcsC%26pg%3DPA138&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATomb+of+the+Prophets" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-KlonerZissu2007-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-KlonerZissu2007_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-KlonerZissu2007_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAmos_KlonerBoaz_Zissu2007" class="citation book cs1">Amos Kloner; Boaz Zissu (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zeQuAQAAIAAJ"><i>The Necropolis of Jerusalem in the Second Temple period</i></a>. Peeters. p. 207. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-429-1792-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-429-1792-7"><bdi>978-90-429-1792-7</bdi></a>. <q>The place is known as the "Tombs of the Prophets" due to a medieval Jewish tradition that Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi were buried here.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Necropolis+of+Jerusalem+in+the+Second+Temple+period&rft.pages=207&rft.pub=Peeters&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-90-429-1792-7&rft.au=Amos+Kloner&rft.au=Boaz+Zissu&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DzeQuAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATomb+of+the+Prophets" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Porter1866-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Porter1866_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJosias_Leslie_Porter1866" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Josias_Leslie_Porter" title="Josias Leslie Porter">Josias Leslie Porter</a> (1866). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/giantcitiesbash01portgoog"><i>The giant cities of Bashan and Syria's Holy places</i></a>. T. Nelson and Sons. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/giantcitiesbash01portgoog/page/n157">150</a>–151<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+giant+cities+of+Bashan+and+Syria%27s+Holy+places&rft.pages=150-151&rft.pub=T.+Nelson+and+Sons&rft.date=1866&rft.au=Josias+Leslie+Porter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fgiantcitiesbash01portgoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATomb+of+the+Prophets" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Winter1999-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Winter1999_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDave_Winter1999" class="citation book cs1">Dave Winter (1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=vFmaH4AbP6QC&pg=PA169"><i>Israel handbook: with the Palestinian Authority areas</i></a>. Footprint Travel Guides. p. 169. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-900949-48-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-900949-48-4"><bdi>978-1-900949-48-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Israel+handbook%3A+with+the+Palestinian+Authority+areas&rft.pages=169&rft.pub=Footprint+Travel+Guides&rft.date=1999&rft.isbn=978-1-900949-48-4&rft.au=Dave+Winter&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DvFmaH4AbP6QC%26pg%3DPA169&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATomb+of+the+Prophets" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SaulcyWarren1854-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SaulcyWarren1854_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLouis_Félicien_Joseph_Caignart_de_SaulcyEdouard_de_Warren1854" class="citation book cs1">Louis Félicien Joseph Caignart de Saulcy; Edouard de Warren (1854). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/narrativeajourn02warrgoog"><i>Narrative of a journey round the Dead Sea, and in the Bible lands, in 1850 and 1851</i></a>. Parry and M'Millan. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/narrativeajourn02warrgoog/page/n175">166</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 November</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Narrative+of+a+journey+round+the+Dead+Sea%2C+and+in+the+Bible+lands%2C+in+1850+and+1851&rft.pages=166&rft.pub=Parry+and+M%27Millan&rft.date=1854&rft.au=Louis+F%C3%A9licien+Joseph+Caignart+de+Saulcy&rft.au=Edouard+de+Warren&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnarrativeajourn02warrgoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATomb+of+the+Prophets" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Publishers1954-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Publishers1954_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNagel_Publishers1954" class="citation book cs1">Nagel Publishers (1954). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=aXHiAAAAMAAJ"><i>Israel</i></a>. Nagel. p. 264. <q>This catacomb is venerated by the Jews as the tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Israel&rft.pages=264&rft.pub=Nagel.&rft.date=1954&rft.au=Nagel+Publishers&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DaXHiAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATomb+of+the+Prophets" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Benjamin1859-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Benjamin1859_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFIsrael_Joseph_Benjamin1859" class="citation book cs1">Israel Joseph Benjamin (1859). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/eightyearsinasi01benjgoog"><i>Eight years in Asia and Africa from 1846-1855</i></a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 November</span> 2010</span>. <q>Further down, towards the town, mid way up the mountain, is another cave, consisting of several divisions, containing the tombs of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, which are frequently visited by the Jews.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Eight+years+in+Asia+and+Africa+from+1846-1855&rft.pages=21&rft.pub=The+author&rft.date=1859&rft.au=Israel+Joseph+Benjamin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Feightyearsinasi01benjgoog&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATomb+of+the+Prophets" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ariel.ac.il/management/research/rd/forms/hoveret41.pdf">19th Annual Conference of Judea and Samaria Studies</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120309091126/http://www.ariel.ac.il/management/research/rd/forms/hoveret41.pdf">Archived</a> 9 March 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>ariel.ac.il</i> (Hebrew)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Churchman-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_Churchman_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hCDnAAAAMAAJ"><i>The Churchman</i></a>. 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