Gihon Spring

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archaeological site freshwater source spring

Gihon Spring is an ancient freshwater source in Jerusalem, historically vital as the city’s main water supply and central to its early settlement and defenses.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gihon	4
Gihon Spring vicinity	1
Shiloah / Siloam (historical/biblical associations)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ freshwater source ⓘ spring ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsBy	Charles Warren NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathleen Kenyon NERFINISHED ⓘ Yigal Shiloh NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	City of David fortifications NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem’s early urban development ⓘ
biblicalEvent	anointing of Solomon as king ⓘ
connectedVia	subterranean water channels ⓘ
coordinates	31.774°N 35.235°E ⓘ
country	Israel ⓘ
flowType	intermittent spring ⓘ
hasStructure	Hezekiah’s Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ Pool of Siloam NERFINISHED ⓘ Siloam Channel NERFINISHED ⓘ Warren’s Shaft system NERFINISHED ⓘ
HebrewName	מעיין הגיחון NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole	central to early settlement of Jerusalem ⓘ main water source of ancient Jerusalem ⓘ strategic defensive resource in antiquity ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn	City of David NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerusalem ⓘ Kidron Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
modernUse	archaeological park feature ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
nameEtymology	possibly related to biblical river Gihon ⓘ
near	Ophel NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple Mount NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfUse	Bronze Age ⓘ First Temple period ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ Second Temple period NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectedBy	massive stone fortifications ⓘ towers and walls of the City of David ⓘ
religiousSignificance	sacred site in biblical tradition ⓘ
significance	critical for Jerusalem’s survival during sieges ⓘ one of the few perennial water sources near ancient Jerusalem ⓘ
UNESCOTentativeListStatus	part of City of David and Jerusalem walls nominations ⓘ
waterFlowsTo	Kidron Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Pool of Siloam NERFINISHED ⓘ
waterSource	karstic aquifer ⓘ
waterType	freshwater ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

City of David archaeological area → contains → Gihon Spring ⓘ

Silwan → contains → Gihon Spring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gihon Spring vicinity

Silwan → hasAlternativeName → Gihon Spring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shiloah / Siloam (historical/biblical associations)

Hiddekel in some historical and religious texts → listedWith → Gihon Spring ⓘ

subject surface form: Hiddekel

this entity surface form: Gihon

Eden → mentionedWith → Gihon Spring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gihon

Pool of Siloam → nearbySite → Gihon Spring ⓘ

Prophet Nathan → proclaimedAt → Gihon Spring ⓘ

subject surface form: Nathan

this entity surface form: Gihon

Pishon → relatedRiver → Gihon Spring ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gihon

Pool of Siloam → waterSource → Gihon Spring ⓘ