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The Tomb of David is a historical monument on Mount Zion, just outside the current walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. Currently used as a Jewish synagogue, from the Crusader period it has traditionally been identified as the burial place of the biblical King David.

History
According to Books of Kings 2:10, David was buried in the "city of David", which is Jerusalem's south-eastern hill. However, in the Byzantine period, David, along with the apostle James (seen as the Jewish and Christian founders of Jerusalem), was the focus of Christian liturgy in the Church of Mount Zion on the south-western hill, and the legend developed that the two were buried there.