Hezakiah’s Tunnel

Hezakiah’s Tunnel. An amazing walk through the actual tunnel (and the actual water - up to our knees) with still functioning spring fed cold water. Hezakiah had this tunnel built to ensure a water supply in the event the city of Jerusalem was under siege. popular name is due to the most common hypothesis that it dates from the reign of Hezekiah of Judah (late 8th and early 7th century BC) and corresponds to the “conduit” mentioned in 2 Kings 20:20 in the Hebrew Bible. According to the Bible, King Hezekiah prepared Jerusalem for an impending siege by the Assyrians, by “blocking the source of the waters of the upper Gihon, and leading them straight down on the west to the City of David” (2 Chronicles 32:30). By diverting the waters of the Gihon, he prevented the enemy forces under Sennacherib from having access to water.