This ridge is due east of the Old City of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount.  The Kidron Valley lies between the Mount of Olives and the Old City.

 Jesus spent a lot of time on the Mount of Olives during His ministry.  This is where in the presence of His disciples, after blessing them, Jesus ascended into Heaven.  Angels then told the disciples “this same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go to heaven”, Acts 1:11.

 Let’s now go the a prophecy found in Zechariah 14:4 “On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half of the mountain moving north and half moving south”.