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Bible Verses About Jerusalem: Water supply brought in from the Gihon by Hezekiah

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Verses on Water supply brought in from the Gihon by Hezekiah

  1. he consulted his leading men and military advisers about sealing off the water in the springs outside the city. After gaining their support,

  2. a large crowd was gathered to block all the springs and the stream flowing through the countryside. They reasoned, "Why should the kings of Ashur come and find an ample supply of water?"

  3. I went out by night through the Valley Gate, to the Dragon's Well and the Dung Gate, and inspected the places where the walls of Yerushalayim were broken down and where its gates had been burned down.

  4. Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to pass.

  5. So I went up the valley in the dark and went on inspecting the wall; then I turned back, entered through the Valley Gate and returned,

  6. You saw how many breaches there were in the City of David, you collected water from the lower pool,

  7. you surveyed the houses in Yerushalayim, tearing some down to fortify the wall.

  8. You also built a reservoir between the two walls for the water from the Old Pool; but you didn't look to Him who made these things; you had no respect for Him who fashioned them long ago.