Hiskias tunnel
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Den nyere Siloam-tunnelen (hebraisk: נִקְבַּת הַשִּׁלֹחַ, Nikbat HaShiloaḥ), også kjent som Hiskias tunnel (hebraisk: תעלת חזקיהו), er en vannkanal som ble hugget ut i Davids by i oldtiden, nå lokalisert i den arabiske bydelen Silwan i det østlige Jerusalem. Dens populære navn skyldes den mest vanlige hypotesen om at den stammer fra regjeringstiden til Hiskia av Juda (sent 700-tall og tidlig 600-tall f.Kr.) og tilsvarer den "kanalen" som er nevnt i [2Kong 20:20 ] i den hebraiske Bibelen. Ifølge Bibelen forberedte kong Hiskia Jerusalem for en forestående beleiring av assyrerne ved å "blokkere kilden til vannene fra øvre Gihon, og lede dem rett ned mot vest til Davids by" [2Krøn 32:30 ]. Ved å avlede vannene fra Gihon, forhindret han fiendens styrker under Sankerib fra å få tilgang til vann.
Bibelversene som relaterer til en tunnel på Hiskias tid er disse: [2Kong 20:20 ]; [2Krøn 32:2 -4]; [2Krøn 32:30 ]; [Jes 22:11 ]
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whom Jehovah has strengthened.
Son of Ahaz [2Kong 18:1 ; 2Krøn 29:1 ], whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He reigned twenty-nine years (B.C. 726-697). The history of this king is contained in [2Kong 18:20 ; Jes 36:1 ; Jes 37:1 ; Jes 38:1 ; Jes 39:1 ], and [2Krøn 29:1 ; 2Krøn 30:1 ; 2Krøn 31:1 ; 2Krøn 32:1 ]. He is spoken of as a great and good king. In public life he followed the example of his great-granfather Uzziah. He set himself to abolish idolatry from his kingdom, and among other things which he did for this end, he destroyed the "brazen serpent," which had been removed to Jerusalem, and had become an object of idolatrous worship [Nm 21:9]. A great reformation was wrought in the kingdom of Judah in his day [2Kong 18:4 ; 2Krøn 29:3 -36].
On the death of Sargon and the accession of his son Sennacherib to the throne of Assyria, Hezekiah refused to pay the tribute which his father had paid, and "rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not," but entered into a league with Egypt [Jes 30:1 ; Jes 31:1 ; Jes 36:6 -9]. This led to the invasion of Judah by Sennacherib [2Kong 18:13 -16], who took forty cities, and besieged Jerusalem with mounds. Hezekiah yielded to the demands of the Assyrian king, and agreed to pay him three hundred talents of silver and thirty of gold [2Kong 18:14 ].
But Sennacherib dealt treacherously with Hezekiah [Jes 33:1 ], and a second time within two years invaded his kingdom [2Kong 18:17 ; 2Krøn 32:9 ; Jes 36:1 ]. This invasion issued in the destruction of Sennacherib's army. Hezekiah prayed to God, and "that night the angel of the Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians 185,000 men." Sennacherib fled with the shattered remnant of his forces to Nineveh, where, seventeen years after, he was assassinated by his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer [2Kong 19:37 ]. (See SENNACHERIB)
The narrative of Hezekiah's sickness and miraculous recovery is found in [2Kong 20:1 ; 2Krøn 32:24 ; Jes 38:1 ]. Various ambassadors came to congratulate him on his recovery, and among them Merodach-baladan, the viceroy of Babylon [2Krøn 32:23 ; 2Kong 20:12 ]. He closed his days in peace and prosperity, and was succeeded by his son Manasseh. He was buried in the "chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David" [2Krøn 32:27 -33]. He had "after him none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him" [2Kong 18:5 ]. (See ISAIAH)
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