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(sshi' loh' uh) Place name meaning, “being sent.” Waters supplying Jerusalem diverted from the Gihon spring and representing God's supply making reliance on foreign kings unnecessary (Isaiah 8:6 ). It differs from the Shiloah Tunnel Hezekiah built (2 Kings 20:20 ). The background may be anointing of kings at the Gihon (1 Kings 1:33-40 ), thus implying rejection of God's kingship represented through His anointed king.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Shiloah, Waters of'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/s/shiloah-waters-of.html. 1991.

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