Gihon Spring

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The Gihon Spring is a source of water in the City of David, the original site of Biblical Jerusalem. It was the main water source in First Temple times. During the siege of the Asyrian Sannechariv, King Hezekiah built a tunnel to access it, and the Pool of Siloam to act as its reservoir.

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