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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 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.

  2. 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?

  3. And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

  4. Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

  5. Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.

  6. Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.

  7. And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

  8. Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.