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Water Levels on the Mount In Jerusalem



 
 
 
 
 

One of the most important factors in understanding where the Temple was once located is determined by the water levels on the Mount!

The Law required that the Altar platform had to be washed down with "living water,"
meaning fresh, flowing, water, not water drawn from a cistern.
In the Dome of the Rock area there was NO living water, only cisterns.
It is a fact that the Temple was cleansed with water coming from the aqueduct.
One thing we know is that water doesn't flow uphill!
The Dome of the Rock platform was uphill from the aqueduct.


 The fresh water entered the Mount via the aqueduct Solomon had built to bring water from Bethlehem to Jerusalem. 
A water channel was dug on the Mount leading toward the south east.  NOT toward the Dome of the Rock area. 

1. Fresh water entered the Temple Mount from the aqueduct at 737.5 meters above sea level.

2. The height of the rock in the Dome of the Rock platform is743.7 meters above sea level. That is around 20 feet above the aqueduct!
Conclusion: The Dome location is way too high above the water level! Therfore the Temple was at a lower level on the Mount.
According to Warren's measurements of the hulda gates (double archways on the south wall) and the platform protruding out of the south wall, is at 724.9 meters above sea level.   THIS LOWER PLATFORM WAS THE THRESHING FLOOR OF KING DAVID WHERE HE BUILT THE TEMPLE OF GOD.
(a meter is approximately 39.37 inches)
 

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 I came across this map of an elaborate underground water system under the Mount after all the other work was completed, and of course it is in total agreement with this location!!
This is the final proof!

Fresh water flowed directly to the Priest's Court!