According to Rabinowitz, Hezekiah wanted to redirect the Gihon Spring waters from the Kidron Valley to run under the hillside of the City of David into the pool with Jerusalem’s wall preventing the Assyrians from having access. “The tunnel which was discovered by Edward Robinson in 1838 can be walked through today from end to end.” According to Faust the “wall of the tunnel has a fine finish, straight ceilings and walls, containing markings that are believed to have been created after the pathway was cleared and the water began to flow through the city.” The height of the tunnel gets increasingly larger in the last section, although the bottom has a reasonable slope the ceiling remains consistently higher. Hezekiah’s Tunnel is considered “Jerusalem’s most impressive ancient water system.” The content of the inscription is important as it suggests for researchers that its location is the meeting place for the two tunneling
According to Rabinowitz, Hezekiah wanted to redirect the Gihon Spring waters from the Kidron Valley to run under the hillside of the City of David into the pool with Jerusalem’s wall preventing the Assyrians from having access. “The tunnel which was discovered by Edward Robinson in 1838 can be walked through today from end to end.” According to Faust the “wall of the tunnel has a fine finish, straight ceilings and walls, containing markings that are believed to have been created after the pathway was cleared and the water began to flow through the city.” The height of the tunnel gets increasingly larger in the last section, although the bottom has a reasonable slope the ceiling remains consistently higher. Hezekiah’s Tunnel is considered “Jerusalem’s most impressive ancient water system.” The content of the inscription is important as it suggests for researchers that its location is the meeting place for the two tunneling