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    Gihon

    גִּיחוֹן

    Gihon refers to both a river of Eden (Genesis 2:13) and a spring near Jerusalem (1Ki.1.33, 38, 45; 2Ch.32.30; 33:14).

    Where the story of Gihon happensGihon, and 2 places the claims reach, framed to them: Gihon, Cush, Fish_Gate. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.GihonCushFish_Gate
    Gihon, and 2 places the claims reach
    verses
    6
    first named
    Genesis 2:13
    last named
    2 Chronicles 33:14
    feature
    river
    coordinates
    31.77°N · 35.24°E
    river31.77°N · 35.24°E

    Gihon Spring (OpenBible)

    Scholarship offers 7 identifications for this place. The leading one is shown; the others are recorded in the gazetteer.

    Description

    Gihon in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Gihon is the name given to two different water sources in the Bible. First, it is mentioned as one of the four rivers that flowed from the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:13). The exact location of this river is unknown, and there is no further information provided about it in the biblical text. Second, Gihon is the name of a spring located near Jerusalem, which played a significant role in the city's water supply and in the anointing of King Solomon. It was at the Gihon spring that Solomon was anointed as king by the priest Zadok and the prophet Nathan (1Ki.1.33, 38, 45). King Hezekiah later directed the waters of the Gihon spring through a tunnel to the west side of the City of David, ensuring a reliable water supply for Jerusalem during times of siege (2Ch.32.30). King Manasseh, Hezekiah's son, built a wall outside the City of David, extending it to the west of the Gihon spring (2Ch.33.14). The Gihon spring's location and its importance for Jerusalem's water supply make it a significant site in the city's history and in the narratives of the Israelite monarchy.

    Relations

    Direct connections

    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 6, across 3 books.

    1. Genesis1 verse

      2:13

    2. 1 Kings3 verses

      1:331:381:45

    3. 2 Chronicles2 verses

      32:3033:14

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Zadok and Nathan’s anointing of SolomonAnointingAnointing is a concept gathering 45 labelled instances in the text.via Zadok and Nathan’s anointing of SolomonIsraelPatriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribesvia Zadok and Nathan’s anointing of SolomonNathanProphet during the reigns of David and Solomon.via Zadok and Nathan’s anointing of SolomonSolomonSon of David, king of Israel, known for his wisdom.via Zadok and Nathan’s anointing of SolomonZadokHigh priest during the reigns of David and Solomon

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    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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