King Hezekiah Builds the Siloam Tunnel to Protect Jerusalem’s Water Supply from the Assyrians

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2 Chronicles 32:30

“It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did."

Watch the video by the Megalim Institute on the construction of the legendary Hezekiah’s tunnel, courtesy of George Blumenthal and the Gol Family

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2 Chronicles 32:30

“It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.”

דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים ב' ל"ב, ל:

"וְה֣וּא יְחִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ סָתַם֙ אֶת־מוֹצָ֞א מֵימֵ֤י גִיחוֹן֙ הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן וַֽיַּישְּׁרֵ֥ם לְמַֽטָּה־מַּעְרָ֖בָה לְעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד וַיַּצְלַ֥ח יְחִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּכָֽל־מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ."

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