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The Gihon Spring

Solomon was anointed king at the spring of Gihon.  The waters of the spring flow through Hezekiah's tunnel to the pool of Siloam, inside the city.

The tunnel was built about 701 BC as a defense against possible attack from the Assyrian army.    Workman bored through 1770 feet of limestone rock, building the tunnel from both ends.

   

  

     

The pool "Siloam"