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Silwan or Siloam is a predominantly Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem.
Center of Silwan (2022)
Wide view of Silwan (2022)
Southern part of Silwan (2022)
View of Silwan (2008)
Tower of Siloam
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The Tower of Siloam was a structure which fell upon 18 people, killing them. Siloam is a neighborhood south of Jerusalem's Old City. In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus refers to the tower's collapse and the
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…from the Pool of Siloam to the Temple and poured upon the altar and the priests also drank of this water. In the New Testament, the collapse of the Tower of Siloam is cited by Jesus as one of two examples where sudden, untimely death came to people who didn't necessarily deserve it more than most other sinful…
James Tissot, The Tower of Siloam
Christ teaching in the Temple