Hezekiah's Tunnel

"The rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool and the conduit, and brought the waters into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?" 2 Kings 20:20

Hezekiah's Tunnel is an underground water pipe under the City of David in Jerusalem built around 701 BC. Even today, after more than 2,500 years, the waters of Gihon flow through this tunnel to the Pool of Siloam.

"It is believed that it is the inner pool of Siloam, southwest of the ancient city of David. The "conduit" ("the water supply"), is the famous tunnel of Siloam. The water came from the spring of Cihon, in the Kidron Valley. The tunnel was called Siloam, which means "sent" or "led". Its waters met in the Pool of Siloam (John 9:7). The tunnel was 533 meters long. In 1880 it was discovered On the wall of this tunnel is an interesting inscription written in Hebrew, and it is believed to correspond to the days of Hezekiah, in which it is narrated how the workmen began to work from both ends, and how they approached digging until they finally found themselves in the tunnel. center." 2CBA, 961.

"In 1880 some children who were walking in the waters of the tunnel accidentally discovered an inscription engraved on the rock once the work was finished. This inscription is in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum, it reads as follows:

(The tunnel) was drilled. This is the story of the perforation. While the workers were still (raising) axes, each one towards his partner and when three cubits still remained to be drilled, [...] the voice of a man yelling at the other, because there was a gap on the right side [...] .] And on the day of the breaking the workmen met, man against man, ax against ax, and the water flowed from the fountain into the pool, 1200 cubits, and 100 cubits was the thickness of the rock above the heads of Workers". 2CBA, 89.

"Hezekiah's engineers built a remarkable engineering work to provide water to the city's residents in times of siege." 2CBA, 961.