The term Pool of Siloam (Hebrew: בְּרֵכַת הַשִּׁילוֹחַ, romanized: Bərēḵaṯ hašŠilōaḥ, Levantine Arabic: بِرْكَة سِلْوَان, romanized: Birkat Silwān) refers to several rock-cut pools located southeast of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The pools were fed by the waters of the Gihon Spring, carried there by the Siloam tunnel.
The term Pool of Siloam (Hebrew: בְּרֵכַת הַשִּׁילוֹחַ, romanized: Bərēḵaṯ hašŠilōaḥ, Levantine Arabic: بِرْكَة سِلْوَان, romanized: Birkat Silwān) refers to several rock-cut pools located southeast of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem. The pools were fed by the waters of the Gihon Spring, carried there by the Siloam tunnel.
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