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The Bible does not explain why this gate is called the Fountain Gate. However, the gate’s name could stem from its proximity to water, positioned near the King’s Pool and the Pool of Siloam. The former may have been a place where water collected from a canal connected to the Gihon spring before Hezekiah constructed a new tunnel. When the reservoir contained too much water, the excess would overflow into the Kidron Valley. The latter pool received water from Hezekiah’s tunnel, channeling the water from the Gihon. It also had an overflow canal for excess water that flowed under the Fountain Gate. Raymond Weill excavated these canals, both under the stairs of the City of David and the Fountain Gate, in 1923–24.
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