Texts · 7 · Hezekiah and Isaiah
'Ax against ax'
The Siloam inscription tells how two crews, hearing each other's voices through a crack, cut toward each other until they met, and water flowed 1,200 cubits.
A monument to teamwork.
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Written in the third person, unlike first-person royal inscriptions, it celebrates a practical feat rather than a military triumph.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 108–109
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