Pool of Siloam

Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem
Survey of Palestine
The Pool of Siloam and Lower (Old) Pool

The term Pool of Siloam (Hebrew: בְּרֵכַת הַשִּׁילוֹחַ, Bərēḵat haŠīlōaḥ, Arabic: بِرْكَة سِلْوَان‎ Birka Silwān) refers to a number of rock-cut pools, located outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem to the southeast. The pools were fed by the waters of the Gihon Spring, carried there by the Siloam Tunnel.[1][2]

The Lower Pool or "Old Pool" (Hebrew: הברכה הישנה)[3] was historically known as Birket el Hamra, literally "the red pool".

  1. ^ "Biblical site where Jesus healed blind man excavated for public view: 'Affirms Scripture'". 2 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Biblical site where Jesus healed blind man excavated for public view: 'Affirms Scripture'". Fox News. 30 December 2022.
  3. ^ Based on Isaiah 22:11. For a description of which, see Pierotti, Ermete (1864), Jerusalem explored: being a description of the ancient and modern city, with numerous illustrations consisting of views, ground plans, and sections, London: Bell and Daldy; Cambridge: Deighton, Bell and Co., p. 31