. A dictionary of the Bible .. . pecoy; ^Trepl oi) eXp-r)Tai, Kvpios airiaraKKi koI ird\iv,oiiK eplaei ovSe Kpavydcr^i. That Sent is thenatural interpretation is evident, not simply fromthe word itself, but from other p;xssages wheren?^ is used in connexion with water, as Job , he sendeth waters upon the fields ; and 4, she sent out her little rivers mito all the SILOAM 1313 trees of the field. The Talmudists coincide withthe Evangelist, and say that Shiloach was so calledbecause it sent forth its waters to water the gardens(Levis Lingua Sacra). We may add Homers line—ivv
. A dictionary of the Bible .. . pecoy; ^Trepl oi) eXp-r)Tai, Kvpios airiaraKKi koI ird\iv,oiiK eplaei ovSe Kpavydcr^i. That Sent is thenatural interpretation is evident, not simply fromthe word itself, but from other p;xssages wheren?^ is used in connexion with water, as Job , he sendeth waters upon the fields ; and 4, she sent out her little rivers mito all the SILOAM 1313 trees of the field. The Talmudists coincide withthe Evangelist, and say that Shiloach was so calledbecause it sent forth its waters to water the gardens(Levis Lingua Sacra). We may add Homers line—ivvriixap 5 e; Tctxos iet- pool/ {II. xii. 25).A little way below the Jewish burying ground,but on the opposite side of the valley, where theKedron tui-ns slightly westward, and widens itselfconsiderably, is the fountain of the Virgin or Um-ed-Deraj, near the beginning of that saddle-shapedprojection of the Temple-hill supposed to be theOphel of the Bible, and the Opidas of Josephus.[En Rogel.] At the back part of this fountain a. Pool or Siloam, looking north. From a sketch by Kev. S. C. Malun. subterraneous passage begins, through which thewater flows, and through which a man may make hisway, as did Robinson and Barclay, sometimes walk-ing erect, sometimes stooping, sometimes kneeling,and sometimes crawling, to Siloam. This rockyconduit, which twists considerably, but keeps, ingeneral, a south-westerly direction, is according toRobinson, 1750 feet long, while the direct distancebetween Silwdn and Uin-ed-Deraj is only a littleabove 1200 feet. In former days this passage wasevidently deeper, as its bed is sand of some depth,which has been accumulating for ages. This con-duit has had tributaries, which have fomierly sent VOL. II. their waters down fiom the city pools or Temple-wells to swell Siloam. Barclay writes, In ex-ploring the subterraneous channel conveying thewater from the Virgins fount to Siloam, I disco-vered a similar channel enteiiug from the north, afew yards from i
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