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Rivers of Paradise flowing underneath the feet of Lamb of God (mosaic in Santi Cosma e Damiano, ca. 530 AD). Following Saint Ambrose [2] (per Cohen, [11] the association was established earlier, in a letter by Cyprian in 256 AD) the rivers are interpreted as four evangelists (or Gospels), with Water of Life flowing from the word of Christ (the Fountain of Life [11]) to bring salvation.
The Pishon (Hebrew: פִּישׁוֹן Pīšōn; Koine Greek: Φισών Phisṓn) is one of four rivers (along with Hiddekel (Tigris), Perath (Euphrates) and Gihon) mentioned in the Biblical Book of Genesis. In that passage, a source river flows out of Eden to water the Garden of Eden and from there divides into the four named rivers. [1]
Jordan receives 50,000,000 cubic metres (1.8 × 10 9 cu ft) of water from the river, a quantity which is regulated by the 1994 peace treaty with Israel. [27] In the past, one of the main water resources in Jordan was the Jordan River, with a flow of 1.3 billion m 3 per year (BCM/yr). However, after Israel built the National Water Carrier in ...
A spring is the "eye of the landscape", the natural burst of living water, flowing all year or drying up at certain seasons. In contrast to the "troubled waters" of wells and rivers (Jer. 2:18), there gushes forth from it "living water", to which Jesus compared the grace of the Holy Spirit (John 4:10; 7:38; compare Isaiah 12:3; 44:3).
636 m. Gihon Spring (Hebrew: מעיין הגיחון) or Fountain of the Virgin, [1] also known as Saint Mary's Pool, [2] is a spring in the Kidron Valley. It was the main source of water for the Pool of Siloam in Jebus and the later City of David, the original site of Jerusalem. One of the world's major intermittent springs – and a reliable ...
During the Second Temple period, the Pool of Siloam was centrally located in the Jerusalem suburb of Acra (Hebrew: חקרא), also known as the Lower City. [3] Today, the Pool of Siloam is the lowest place in altitude within the historical city of Jerusalem, with an elevation of about 625 metres (2,051 ft) above sea level. [4]
The Kishon River is a 70-kilometre-long (43 mi) perennial stream in Israel. Its furthest source is the Gilboa mountains, and it flows in a west-northwesterly direction through the Jezreel Valley, emptying into the Haifa Bay in the Mediterranean Sea. [4] Its drainage basin, of 1,100 square kilometres (420 sq mi), includes much of Jezreel Valley ...
The name (Hebrew Gīḥōn גיחון) may be interpreted as "bursting forth, gushing". The author of Genesis describes Gihon as "encircling the entire land of Cush ", a name associated with Ethiopia elsewhere in the Bible. This is the reason that Ethiopians have long identified the Gihon (Giyon) with the Abay River (Blue Nile), which encircles ...