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Siloam Inscription The Siloam Inscription is a description in ancient Hebrew of the cutting and completion of the Siloam Tunnel built by king Hezekiah (727-698 BC). King Hezekiah desiring to protect Jerusalem from the Assyrians had a tunnel cut through solid rock to bring water from the Spring of Gihon within the cities walls, after which the Spring was sealed off.
The carving was found in the tunnel itself in 1880 by a boy accidently. It records how two groups of workers started from opposite ends, digging through the solid rock underground and meeting in the middle. The Hebrew inscription talks about how one group miraculously heard sounds of pick-axes so they would know which way to go through the windy tunnel. The tunnel now channels water to the Pool of Siloam and can be seen in Jerusalem. The Siloam Inscription is important in the study of Biblical Archaeology. 2 Kings 20:20 "And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?" 2 Chronicles 32:2-4 "And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which [were] without the city: and they did help him. So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?" John 9:5-7 "As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (Meaning Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing." The 6-Line Inscription Reads: ... the tunnel ... and this is the story of the
tunnel while ... Interesting Note: The inscription reveals 1200 cubits for approximately 1760 feet which confirms the Biblical measurement for a cubit to equal 18 inches as Josephus mentions in the construction of Herod's Temple. Location: Istanbul Archaeological Museum The Kings of Israel (all wicked) Jeroboam I (933-911 BC) twenty-two years Nadab (911-910) two years Baasha (910-887) twenty-four years Elah (887-886) two years Zimri (886) seven days Omri (886-875) twelve years Ahab (875-854) twenty-two years Ahaziah (855-854) two years Jehoram (Joram) (854-843) twelve years Jehu (843-816) twenty-eight years Jehoahaz (820-804) seventeen years Jehoash (Joash) (806-790) sixteen years Jeroboam II (790-749) forty-one years Zechariah' (748) six months Shallum (748) one month Menahem (748-738) ten years Pekahiah (738-736) two years Pekah (748-730) twenty years Hoshea (730-721) nine years
The Kings of Judah (8 were good) Rehoboam (933-916 BC) seventeen years Abijam (915-913) three years Asa (Good) (912-872) forty-one years Jehoshaphat (Good) (874-850) twenty-five years Jehoram (850-843) eight years Ahaziah (843) one year Athaliah (843-837) six years Joash (Good) (843-803) forty years Amaziah (Good) (803-775) 29 years Azariah (Uzziah) (Good) (787-735) fifty-two years Jotham (Good) (749-734) sixteen years Ahaz (741-726) sixteen years Hezekiah (Good) (726-697) 29 years Manasseh (697-642) fifty-five years Amon (641-640) two years Josiah (Good) (639-608) thirty-one years Jehoahaz (608) three months Jehoiachim (608-597) eleven years Jehoiachin (597) three months Zedekiah (597-586) eleven years
Related Pages: Recent Picture of the Stone at Istanbul Archaeological Museum Siloam in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE Siloam Tower in Easton's Bible Dictionary Picture of the Siloam Tunnel - Wikipedia Gihon in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE Gihon in Easton's Bible Dictionary Seal in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE Seal in Smith's Bible Dictionary Jeroboam in Easton's Bible Dictionary Jeroboam in the ISBE Bible Encyclopedia Jeroboam's Golden Calves (Bulls) Lachish in Fausset's Bible Dictionary Lachish in the ISBE Bible Encyclopedia Lachish in Smith's Bible Dictionary The Babylonian Captivity and Archaeology The Babylonian Captivity in the ISBE Bible Encyclopedia David in Easton's Bible Dictionary Map of the Kingdom of David and Solomon Solomon in Smith's Bible Dictionary Solomon's Temple in Easton's Bible Dictionary Beersheba in the ISBE Bible Encyclopedia Biblical Definition of Beersheba Altar - Background Bible Study Altar in Smith's Bible Dictionary Altar in the ISBE Bible Encyclopedia Israel - The Center of the Ancient World Israel - Archaeology Links and Resources The Destruction of Israel in the Old Testament Archaeological Resources - Israel
Bible History Online - Fallen Empires (Biblical Archaeology) The Destruction of Israel - Kings of Israel, Judah and Assyria
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