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Hezekiah shuts off the springs outside Jerusalem
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Hezekiah shuts off the springs outside Jerusalem

anonymous · 1585 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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King Hezekiah orders the springs and irrigation channels outside Jerusalem to be closed, so that Sennacherib and his army will not have an abundance of water during the siege of Jerusalem. In the background, the walls of Jerusalem are being reinforced and provided with towers. Below the image, a reference in Latin to the biblical text in 2 Chronicles 32.

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Credit lineHizkia sluit de bronnen buiten Jeruzalem af. 1585. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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