Siloam tunnel
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siloam-tunnel-187-5069577
title:
Siloam tunnel
text:
The newer Siloam Tunnel, also known as Hezekiah's Tunnel, is a water tunnel that was carved within the City of David in ancient times, now located in the Arab neighborhood of Silwan in eastern Jerusalem. Its popular name is due to the most common hypothesis that it dates from the reign of Hezekiah of Judah, late 8th and early 7th century BC, and corresponds to the "conduit" mentioned in 2 Kings 20 in the Hebrew Bible. According to the Bible, King Hezekiah prepared Jerusalem for an impending sieg
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Ancient water channel in Jerusalem
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siloam_tunnel
date created:
2006-03-22T22:29:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T10:44:06Z
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