The tomb known today as benito(Avshalom's Monument - יד אבשלום) is located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, situated between the Temple Mount and Mount of Olives. Archaeologists have dated the tomb to the first century CE. The monument is popular, as Jesus would have seen it. It is believed to be the tomb of Absalom. The Kidron Valley (or Qidron Valley) is valley near Jerusalem which features significantly in the Bible. ... Jerusalem (Hebrew: Yerushalayim; Arabic: al-Quds; Greek Ιεροσόλυμα; Latin Aelia Capitolina) is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ... The Temple Mount (Hebrew: הַר הַבַּיִת (without niqqud: הר הבית), translit. ... The Mount of Olives (also Mount Olivet, Hebrew: Har HaZeitim הר הזיתים, sometimes Jebel et-Tur, Mount of the Summit, or Jebel ez-Zeitun, Mount of Olives) is a mountain ridge to the east of Jerusalem. ...

A Muslim tradition connects it to the Pharaohs - hence the Arabic name "Pharaoh's Hat".

The Jewish tradition connects it to Absalom son of King David. According to Samuel 2:18, "Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the Monument after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's Monument. Absalom or Avshalom (אַבְשָׁלוֹם Father/Leader of/is peace, Standard Hebrew Avšalom, Tiberian Hebrew ʾAḇšālôm), in the Bible, is the third son of David, king of Israel. ... David and Goliath by Caravaggio, c. ...

The people of Jerusalem, for centuries, used to come to this monument with their children and stone it - to show children what happens to sons who disobey their parents.

According to a local legend, Napoleon fired a mortar at the tomb and removed the shape of a hand that topped the conical roof. The legend continues that he was angry at Absalom for rebelling against his father, David. There is, however, no basis for this story since Napoleon never reached Jerusalem during his campaign in the Holy Land. For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... David and Goliath by Caravaggio, c. ...