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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. and he taketh counsel with his heads and his mighty ones, to stop the waters of the fountains that are at the outside of the city--and they help him,

  2. and much people are gathered, and they stop all the fountains and the brook that is rushing into the midst of the land, saying, `Why do the kings of Asshur come, and have found much water?'

  3. And I go out through the gate of the valley by night, and unto the front of the fountain of the dragon, and unto the gate of the dunghill, and I am measuring about the walls of Jerusalem, that are broken down, and its gates consumed with fire.

  4. And I pass over unto the gate of the fountain, and unto the pool of the king, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over,

  5. and I am going up through the brook by night, and am measuring about the wall, and turn back, and come in through the gate of the valley, and turn back.

  6. And the breaches of the city of David ye have seen, For they have become many, And ye gather the waters of the lower pool,

  7. And the houses of Jerusalem ye did number, And ye break down the houses to fence the wall.

  8. And a ditch ye made between the two walls, For the waters of the old pool, And ye have not looked unto its Maker, And its Framer of old ye have not seen.