Deuteronomy 34.3: “There is the Negeb (desert) and the Jordan Valley; and Jericho, the city of palm trees; and Zoar, the Lord told him.”

Exodus 15.27 “And they come to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there beside the spring.”

Tamar was the Hebrew name given to palm trees in Genesis and was often used to describe a beautiful woman. Gen 38.6 “Judah arranged for him to marry a girl named Tamar.” (Palm Tree.)

2 Samuel 13.1 “King Davids son, Absalom, had a beautiful sister named Tamar.”

2 Samuel 14.27 “He, (Absalom), had three sons and one daughter, Tamar, who was a very beautiful girl.”

Palm trees produced long stout leaves that were used to build temporary tents and shelters at Jewish festivals. Leviticus 23.40, “ Take boughs of fruit trees laden with fruit, and palm fronds, and the boughs of leafy trees------such as willows that grow by the brooks....and (build shelters with them.).”

Ezekiel 41.18 “the walls were decorated with carvings of cherubim, each with two faces and of palm trees alternating with cherubim.”

Ezekiel 41.20 “ One face,....that of a man....looked toward the palm tree on one side, and the other face...that of a young lion....looked toward the palm tree on the other side: and so it was, all around the inner wall of the Temple.”

Ezekiel 41 25-26 “The doors leading into the nave were decorated with cherubim and palm trees, just as on the walls...There were recessed windows and carved palm trees on both sides of the entry hall, the hallways beside the Temple, and on the canopy at the entrance.”

1 Kings 6.29 “Figures of angels, palm trees, and open flowers were carved on all the walls of both rooms of the Temple and the floor of both rooms was overlaid with gold.”

The New Testament Scriptures note the spreading of Christianity throughout the lands bordering Israel. These lands were known for their palm trees.

Acts 11.19 “believers who fled from Jerusalem during the persecution after Stephen's death traveled as far as Phoenicia, land of palms.”

Acts 15.3 “the delegates went on to Jerusalem, stopping along the way in the cities of Phoenicia, the land of the palms.”

John 12. 12-13 “ The next day, the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city, and a huge crown of Passover visitors took palm branches and went down the road to meet him shouting, 'The Savior! God Bless the King of Israel! Hail to God's Ambassador!'”

Revelation 7.9 “After this I saw a vast crowd, too great to count, from all nations and provinces and languages, standing in front of the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white, with palm branches in their hands.”

The San Fransisco Chronicle reported, Sunday 12, 2005, that Archaeologist , Ehud Netzer, discovered seed from the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, from the spectacular palace built by King Herod on top of Mount Masada in Israel. The Romans destroyed the palace after the Jews committed mass suicide on Mount Masada, rather than surrender to the Roman soldiers. Archaeologist Ehud Netzer, found the date palm seed in a cache at the excavation site that presumably had been tossed into a corner after the Mount Masada Jews were cornered.