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Hezekiah's Tunnel

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Casual English Bible map of Hezekiah's Tunnel in Jerusalem.

Hezekiah's Tunnel

Send out for water

Hezekiah's Tunnel. Jerusalem’s only water supply was in the Kidron Valley below the city, outside the walls. That was a problem. People living in town couldn’t survive a long siege without water. And the Assyrians in what is now northern Iraq weren’t looking friendly—especially since King Hezekiah had decided to stop sending them the “tax” money they demanded from servient nations.

Call miners for Hezekiah's tunnel

So, Hezekiah ordered a tunnel chiseled through solid rock, connecting the spring to the pool inside the city. Miners worked on it in two teams at opposite ends and met in the middle.

A tunnel six football fields long

The tunnel stretched 583 yards (530 meters). In time, the tunnel got lost in history, hidden in the cave. But someone rediscovered it in 1880. Inside they found an ancient stone plaque that told “the story of its cutting.”

Taking an axe to bedrock

Quarrymen cut the stone with axes. They cut through limestone, which is easy to cut through, compared to most other rocks. Assyrians did come and lay siege to Jerusalem, as Hezekiah expected. But they left suddenly, without getting inside the town.

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