Editing Pool of Siloam (section)

===Hezekiah===
The Pool of Siloam was built during the reign of [[Hezekiah]] (715–687/6 BCE) to leave besieging armies without access to the spring's waters. The newly constructed [[Siloam tunnel]] fed the pool. An older Canaanite tunnel had been vulnerable to attackers, so, under threat from the Assyrian king [[Sennacherib]], Hezekiah sealed the old outlet of the Gihon Spring and built the new underground Siloam tunnel in place of the older tunnel ([[Books of Chronicles]], {{Bibleverse||2 Chronicles|32:2–4|HE}}).{{Primary source inline|date=October 2024}}

During this period the Pool of Siloam was sometimes known as the '''Lower Pool''' according to Isaiah 22:9, as opposed to the more ancient Upper Pool mentioned in [[2 Kings 18]]:17 and [[Isaiah 7:3]]<ref name="CODrevisit"/> formerly fed by the older Canaanite tunnel.