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Siloam, Tower of: Mentioned only
(Luke 13:4) The place here spoken of is the village
now called Silwan, or Kefr Silwan, on the east of the valley of
Kidron, and to the north-east of the pool. It stands on the west slope
of the Mount of Olives. As illustrative of the movement of small bands
of Canaanites from place to place, and the intermingling of Canaanites
and Israelites even in small towns in earlier times, M.C. Ganneau
records the following curious fact: "Among the inhabitants of the
village (of Siloam) there are a hundred or so domiciled for the most
part in the lower quarter, and forming a group apart from the rest,
called Dhiabrye, i.e., men of Dhiban. It appears that at some remote
period a colony from the capital of king Mesha (Dibon-Moab) crossed
the Jordan and fixed itself at the gates of Jerusalem at Silwan. The
memory of this migration is still preserved; and I am assured by the
people themselves that many of their number are installed in other
villages round Jerusalem" (quoted by Henderson, Palestine).
