Day 7c - Back in Jerusalem (Hezekiah's Tunnel and the Pool of Siloam)

Jerusalem, as it is traditionally known, is also called the City of David (or 'IR DaViD")

This was actually the entrance to Hezekiah's Tunnels

'iR DaViD "The City of David"

Short History on Hezekiah's Tunnel
Hezekiah's Tunnel was dug during the reign of King Hezekiah. It's mentioned in 2 Kings 20:20
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah—all his might, and how he made a pool and a tunnel and brought water into the city—are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?


Basically what happened is that the Assyrians were preparing to attack and King Hezekiah wanted to be reading for them. This tunnel was built to help supply water to Jerusalem during that siege.

According to the Siloam inscription (the green plaque pictured further down) the tunnel was excavated by two groups of works starting at separate ends and working their way to the middle. As the tunnels weaves around in many ways, and with the technology they had available at that time, it's astonishing that they actually connected, considering that besides the lack of light and direction in the tunnel, there's also a different in the height from one entrance to the other.

This area is still under construction. This was also the dividing place There were two options to take: "Wet" or "Dry". We choose "Wet"
The water in the tunnel gets almost waist high
Explain the SIGNIFICANCE of this Sign
[Write what happened after the tunnels here] [The Pool of Siloam] The exit of the tunnels. The entire run is 25 minutes
Elmer and Raul Insert story about the kids and the barmitzvah here Explain the connection between the Gihon Spring and the Pool of Siloam here
From the Pool of Siloam, we headed back to Gethsemane. This time however, our paths would take us to Golgotha and the Garden Tomb