When Jesus was on earth, this valley was used as a garbage dump, “where the dead bodies of criminals, and the carcasses of animals, and every other kind of filth was cast. ”
( स्मिथ्स डिक्शनरी ऑफ द बायबल) येथील कचरा नष्ट करण्यासाठी अग्नी सतत जळत राहावा म्हणून तेथे गंधक टाकले जाई.