Shilohé (Fountain)

See also: Shiloham (hamlet).

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Shilohé (fountain, pool, basin)

Fountain feeding a basin (or pool). The birth Confessiongle will wash there. It was located near the Shilohé tower accidentally destroyed as reported by the Gospel.

Description

The fountain of Shilohé

The fountain of Shilohé is a convenient meeting point: "Jesus joined the ten Apostles and the main Disciples at the foot of the Mount of Olives, near the fountain of Shilohan. When they see Jesus coming quickly between Peter and John, they go to meet him, and it is precisely near the fountain that they gather".

It is at this place that Jesus sends a Confessiongle, so that he may recover his sight. "And now, go as quickly as possible to the pool of Shilohé, without stopping to talk to anyone". Through this "distant" healing, Jesus foils a trap set by Judas on a Sabbath day to draw the Master's anger from the Pharisees.

The destroyed tower of Shilohé

During the Feast of Tabernacles of the second year, Jesus again exhorts his listeners to conversion and recalls: "These eighteen also, on whom the tower of Shilohé fell and killed them, were not the most guilty in Jerusalem" The text by Maria Valtorta says nothing more about this tower and the accident than what is reported by Saint Luke. Nothing is indicated about the exact location of this tower. However, its designation (tower of Shilohé) suggests that it was located southeast of the Ophel neighborhood.

Key facts

Place of healing of Sidonia (Sidoine), the birth Confessiongle.

Its name

Fountain of Shilohé, Shilohan, Silwân. The name "Shilohé" comes from the Hebrew "Shiloah" (שִׁלֹוחַ), which means "sent" or "conducted," as confirmed by the Gospel which plays on the wordplay: Sent (by God) and sent through a conduit. The pool (or basin) of Shilohé was fed by a canal capturing the waters of the Gihon spring.

Where is it mentioned in the work?

EMV 281.

EMV 495.

EMV 510.

Learn more about this place

This basin, built around the 7th century BC, south of the Ophel hill, was intended to supply water to Jerusalem. At the time of Christ, it was an important basin measuring 60 m x 50 m. It was destroyed during the capture of Jerusalem. "The Romans drove the brigands out of the lower city and burned everything up to the fountain of Shilohé".

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• 31° 46’ 13’’ N / 35° 14’ 06’’ E /
• +640m

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