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Pool of Siloam
Number of rock-cut pools on the southern slope of Wadi Hilweh, Silwan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Pool of Siloam and Lower (Old) Pool
The Lower Pool or "Old Pool" was historically known as Birket el Hamra, literally "the red pool".