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Lowest of the Three “Pools of Solomon”

Lowest of the Three “Pools of Solomon”




‎The three large cisterns called “Pools of Solomon,” in an east-west valley about three miles (five km) southwest of Bethlehem, probably actually date from Hasmonean times. Pontius Pilate enlarged and repaired them and built long aqueducts to channel water to them. Each pool widens west to east, and the bottom of each is higher than the top of the next lower pool. The lowest pool fed a vast reservoir under the Temple Mount.
‎2 Sam 5:8, 2 Kgs 20:20, Eccl 2:6, Matt 27:24

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