Difference between revisions of "Siloam Siloah"

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<p> A pool on the south of [[Jerusalem]] near the west slope of the [[Kidron]] valley. It is mentioned in the Old [[Testament]] as being 'by the king's garden'when the walls of Jerusalem were being rebuilt by Nehemiah ( Nehemiah 3:15 ). In Isaiah 8:6 , under the name of SHILOAH, it is used symbolically: the people refused its waters that went softly, preferring [[Syria]] and the king of Israel: the strong waters of [[Assyria]] should sweep them away. In the New Testament the man born blind, after being anointed with clay, was sent to wash at Siloam, which signifies 'sent.' [[Christ]] being the Sent One, we are figuratively taught that light comes when Christ in humiliation is known as the Sent One ofGod. John 9:7,11 . </p> <p> The pool still exists under the name of the <i> Birket Silwan. </i> It is supplied with water from a fountain higher up the hill, called the Virgin's Fountain. [[Several]] travellers have passed through the passage that connects the two, in some parts walking erect, and sometimes stooping, sometimes kneeling, and sometimes crawling on all fours. A short inscription was found at the pool, but which merely said that the passage was begun at both ends simultaneously, and met in the middle. The letters are ancient, which has led to the supposition that the passage was made in the days of Hezekiah, who made alterations in the watercourses. 2 Chronicles 32:3,4 . The flow of the water is intermitting, as if regulated by an underground siphon. In the winter the water rises three or four times a day, but in the summer only once in several days. The superfluous water flows in a channel cut in the rock to the gardens below. The pool is about 53 feet long, 18 feet wide, and 19 feet deep. </p>

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