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Gihon
Spring mentioned in 6 verses of the Bible, most often in 1 Kings.
Journeys through Gihon
- Jesus’ birth and childhood (c. 6–4 BC and after)
- The road to Jerusalem (c. AD 29–30)
- The last week and the resurrection (Passover, AD 30 or 33)
- Abraham (c. 2000 BC (traditional))
- Judah into exile (597 and 586 BC)
- The return (538–445 BC)
- Paul’s third journey (c. AD 53–57)
- Paul’s voyage to Rome (c. AD 59–60)
Where it appears
1 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (2)
Key verses
- 1 Kings 1:33 first mention — The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:
- 1 Kings 1:38 — So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and brought him to Gihon.
- 1 Kings 1:44 — And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule:
- 1 Kings 1:45 — And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
- 2 Chronicles 32:30 — This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.
- 2 Chronicles 33:14 — Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.
Nearby places
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