Where Did the Temple Get Its Water From? (Episode #2) The Israel Guys 

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The Roman Historian Tacitus said 'a spring of never-failing water' came from the Jewish temple in his writings below. The Jews Book Five (1-13) of The Histories by Tacitus 12. The Temple was like a citadel and had its own walls, which had been even more laboriously and skilfully constructed than the rest. The porticoes around it constituted in themselves an excellent defensive position. To these advantages must be added a spring of never-failing water, chambers cut in the living rock, and tanks and cisterns for the storage of rainwater. Its builders had foreseen only too well that the strange practices of the Jews would lead to continual fighting. Hence everything was available for a siege, however long. Moreover, after Pompey's capture of Jerusalem, fear and experience taught them many lessons. So taking advantage of the money-grubbing instincts of the Claudian period, they purchased permission to fortify the city, and in the days of peace built walls meant for war. Already the home of a motley concourse, its population had been swollen by the fall of the other Jewish cities, for the most determined partisan leaders escaped to the capital, and thereby added to the turmoil. There were three different leaders and three armies. The long outer perimeter of the walls was held by Simon, the central part of the city by John, and the Temple by Eleazar. John and Simon could rely on numbers and equipment, Eleazar on his strategic position. But it was upon each other that they turned the weapons of battle, ambush and fire, and great stocks of corn went up in flames. Then John sent off a party of men, ostensibly to offer sacrifice but in reality to cut Eleazar and his followers to pieces, thus gaining possession of the Temple. Hence-forward, therefore, Jerusalem was divided between two factions, until, on the approach of the Romans, fighting the foreigner healed the breach between them. 13. Prodigies had occurred, but their expiation by the offering of victims or solemn vows is held to be unlawful by a nation which is the slave of superstition and the enemy of true beliefs. In the sky appeared a vision of armies in conflict, of glittering armour. A sudden lightning flash from the clouds lit up the Temple. The doors of the holy place abruptly opened, a superhuman voice was heard to declare that the gods were leaving it, and in the same instant came the rushing tumult of their departure. Few people placed a sinister interpretation upon this. The majority were convinced that the ancient scriptures of their priests alluded to the present as the very time when the Orient would triumph and from Judaea would go forth men destined to rule the world. This mysterious prophecy really referred to Vespasian and Titus, but the common people, true to the selfish ambitions of mankind, thought that this mighty destiny was reserved for them, and not even their calamities opened their eyes to the truth. We are told that the number of the besieged, old and young, men and women, amounted to 600,000. All who could bear arms did so, and more than their numbers warranted had the courage necessary. They displayed an inflexible determination, women no less than men, and the thought that they might be compelled to leave their home made them more afraid of living than of dying. This, then, was the city and nation which Titus faced. Since a headlong assault and the element of surprise were ruled out by the lie of the ground, he proposed to employ earthworks and mantlets. Each legion had its allotted task, and there was a lull in the fighting while they pushed on with the construction of every conceivable device for storming Cities, whether invented long ago or due to the ingenuity of modern times. In the writings of Josephus below he reveals Titus used Fort Antonia as his base of operations on the day the temple was burned. It proves the Romans did attack the foundations of the fort to gain access to the fort, but they did not destroy the entire fort as some have claimed. From War of the Jews, by Josephus, Book 6, Chapter 4, sections 4-5. "4. Now it is true that on this day the Jews were so weary, and under such consternation, that they refrained from any attacks. But on the next day they gathered their whole force together, and ran upon those that guarded the outward court of the temple very boldly, through the east gate, and this about the second hour of the day. These guards received that their attack with great bravery, and by covering themselves with their shields before, as if it were with a wall, they drew their squadron close together; yet was it evident that they could not abide there very long, but would be overborne by the multitude of those that sallied out upon them, and by the heat of their passion. However, Caesar seeing, from the tower of Antonia, that this squadron was likely to give way, he sent some chosen horsemen to support them. Hereupon the Jews found themselves not able to sustain their onset, and upon the slaughter of those in the forefront, many of the rest were put to flight. But as the Romans were going off, the Jews turned upon them, and fought them; and as those Romans came back upon them, they retreated again, until about the fifth hour of the day they were overborne, and shut themselves up in the inner [court of the] temple. 5. So Titus retired into the tower of Antonia, and resolved to storm the temple the next day, early in the morning, with his whole army, and to encamp round about the holy house. But as for that house, God had, for certain, long ago doomed it to the fire; and now that fatal day was come, according to the revolution of ages; it was the tenth day of the month Lous, [Ab,] upon which it was formerly burnt by the king of Babylon; although these flames took their rise from the Jews themselves, and were occasioned by them; for upon Titus’s retiring, the seditious lay still for a little while, and then attacked the Romans again, when those that guarded the holy house fought with those that quenched the fire that was burning the inner [court of the] temple; but these Romans put the Jews to flight, and proceeded as far as the holy house itself. At which time one of the soldiers, without staying for any orders, and without any concern or dread upon him at so great an undertaking, and being hurried on by a certain divine fury, snatched somewhat out of the materials that were on fire, and being lifted up by another soldier, he set fire to a golden window, through which there was a passage to the rooms that were round about the holy house, on the north side of it. As the flames went upward, the Jews made a great clamor, such as so mighty an affliction required, and ran together to prevent it; and now they spared not their lives any longer, nor suffered any thing to restrain their force, since that holy house was perishing, for whose sake it was that they kept such a guard about it."

Trying to stay attached to tradition is a huge stumbling block that we must overcome if we are going to move forward. May the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob open our eyes so we can see and know what He wants us to learn.

The two Hebrew Temples were situated in 'the City of David' which is synonymous with 'Mount Zion.' 'The Holy Scriptures' more than abundantly confirm this. That entire rectangular platform in Jerusalem - which people annoyingly, erroneously identify as 'the temple mount' - is the full-sized 'Fort Antonia,' built by the Imperial Romans and later renovated by the Ottomans. The archaeological site of these cisterns in this video quite possibly meet the requirement of updated Roman civil engineering projects. During the time of Herod, there was an above-ground aqueduct that meandered through the city from west to east, stopping at the general area, but west of this location, and just south of 'the western wall.' Included with such feats of construction is the transporting of fresh spring water in to holding ponds above grade and cisterns below grade. But, even more so, this location just south and below the rectangular platform is where King David's palace was located. Palatial residences always include private gardens and water sources for hygiene and basic survival. The actual Gihon Spring, flowing exclusively underground, was used for the two previous temples whilst these cisterns, if they existed during David's reign and lifetime, were used for the royal residence, the northernmost boundary of 'the City of David.' Furthermore, 'Mount Moriah' is the highest topographical summit west of the Kidron Valley and north of David's palace. 'Mount Moriah' is known for many sacred and special Biblical and historic events. Its original earthen peak is now below the center of the rectangular platform, at or near the spot of 'the Dome of the Rock.' People need to stop believing and trusting in 'Jewish fables' and so-called 'traditional sites' and actually defer to 'the Holy Scriptures' and reliable ancient archaeology supported by honest history.

As a observant Jewish lady, I can tell you even if you go to a mikveh today, there is an opening to the roof with a trough that takes in fresh rain water into the pool. "Let the waters beneath the sky be collected in one place." Genesis 1:9

If we go back in time to when the First Temple was built, which cisterns were already there? How long did it take to dig them out? Where was the water stored in the meantime? What was the process for cleansing while there was no water up on what would become the Mount? Again, the only water available is the Gihon- so carried up over a quarter mile to the Rock? has there been any evidence (writings, oral traditions, etc) of water transportation up there? This would have been a constant issue as sacrifices were performed daily. As cisterns were dug out, then they had to wait for them to fill. and again- if animal droppings/dead animals/etc get into a cistern, is the whole cistern now contaminated, and must be emptied and sanitized before use again in a mikveh? Is there a process or writings anywhere on that? What dates were the aqueducts added? how long did it take to build them? then after built, make the necessary corrections/adjustments to move the water efficiently? What was done for water while they were being built? Do we have any writings on the building of them, and activities on the Mount prior to that water arriving via aqueduct? Or, was the Temple over an existing water source that was constant and pushing 158+ million gallons of water annually? Again- Im asking serious questions because I do not have all the data. I am asking for the data if you have it, or some explanation that is feasible, attainable for those people at that time, and reasonable. Without any feasible, attainable, reasonable explanation or evidence that there was a system to resolve all these issues at once (like having a natural strong spring of water already in place) then the Temple could not have been located up on that mount. Additionally, at the suggested location of the Fortress Antonia according to your video, where are the remains? the latrines, sewer, water source for that barracks (goes back to water usage for those men, animals, work tasks). Is there evidence of that? Has anyone researched the Roman records of this area- seen what they said. Those guys wrote everything down, didnt they?

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Great Video which pretty well destroys the "City of David " theory! Learned alot from these video's.

The loaded archeological "gun" that the Temple was on top of the T. Mt. is the Pilgrimage Road from the Pool of Shiloach until the Southern Wall ancient entrance, an entire upward ascent of two short steps followed by a long step. The entire Road of Ascent is the same so that the Pilgrim can think and watch his steps from the Pool at the bottom to the Southern Wall of the Temple Mt. It is basic Pilgrimage Road 101.

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There is a fresh water source, known as Zedekiah's tears, which is said to be close to the Temple Mount, inside Zedekiah's cave. I believe that when the Temple is rebuilt, a spring is prophesied to flow from it towards the Dead Sea. Given that earthquakes have altered the course of underground rivers before (The Gihon spring's water is now brackish after an earthquake but previously was fresh, indicating a change in it's course), perhaps when the Temple gets it's spring Zedekiah's tears will cease ...

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Great report. When I was in Israel, we attended the City of David House of Prayer. What a wonderful encounter with God there!

Josh, when you were speaking about the Mikveh pools and then going up to the Temple, it made me think about Psalm 24:3-6, "Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who shall stand in His holy place? He that has clean hands, and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation"...... Since ascend is to go up, and this did not take place until your hands were clean, it made me think [positionally], of the pools being slightly lower. Then, after washing (mikveh), a person would ascend. Thank you to all the Israel Guy TEAM for these two presentations

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In 325 AD Constantine tore down the Temple of Jupiter and assumed Hadrian built the temple of Jupiter on top of the spot where the temple of Solomon once stood. Constantine built an octagon church on the site. In 700 AD the Muslims found the foundations of Constantine's octagon church and built the dome of the Rock we see today.

Great stuff, you’ve explained it very well

What about the threshing floor? There's no way one could have existed under the dome. Just look @ the unevenness of it.

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My only question is why is there no more water in those cisterns? And, if its a question of nobody putting the water in there anymore. Then if someone did start putting water in them again. Would it hold the water? And that leads to, so did people have to import water and pour it into those cisterns by hand?

Don't forget that the act of Christian baptism is a direct inheritor of the Jewish ritual bathing in the mikveh.

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On the Temple Mount he (Hadrian) erected a temple to Jupiter with an equestrian statue of himself in front of it." (The temple of Jerusalem, Joan Comay, 1975, p199) Where was the threshing floor on the temple mount? Tuvia Sagiv's theory focuses on Hadrian building a Temple of Jupiter on the temple mount in 135 AD. Hadrian had built many large scale projects including the Jupiter on the Temple in Baalbek, Lebanon, that is still standing to this day. Sagiv, being an architect by trade, noticed that both the Temple of Jupiter in Baalbek and the Islamic buildings we see on the temple mount today, were almost an exact match in both design and scale. The similarity between a hexagon shaped Jupiter "Forecourt" with the Dome of the Rock and the Jupiter Temple with the Al-Aqsa mosque is nothing short of stunning.

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Have you ever wondered?... Normally, the People have to Build or Purchase the HOUSE first, before procuring the requirements inside the house such as furniture, appliances, curtains, lighting/ plumbing fixtures, etc... In Jerusalem, Israel the Jews had already prepared all the requirements needed for the 3rd Temple, such as the Red Heifers (Cows as sacrifices), Standard Clothes of the High Priest, Silver Utensils, Temple's Traditional Instruments, Jewish Candlestands (Menorah), the Holy Scriptures Written in Scrolls (Books of Torah and Tanakh), including the Temple Plans, Scaled Building Model, etc... except for the Actual Physical Building itself... Ironically, the 3rd Stonewall Temple is nowhere to be found... Not yet built and still debating and negotiating up to now where EXACTLY the location of the 2nd Temple that was completely and totally destroyed except for the gate walls (obviously) in around 70 A.D... Christ said, "NOT ONE (TEMPLE) STONE WILL BE LEFT UNTURNED." ...(Luke 21:6)... "NO TRACES" found? That this means that God does not really want the 3rd Temple to be REBUILT for God does not want any more animal sacrifices after His own Son's Sacrificial Death on the Cross and Resurrection had already been fulfilled (Finished)?...

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Jesus was referring to the Temple not the walls

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Naturally I have questions that would go towards both theories here... has anyone done a logistical estimate of how much water would be needed daily for the city? Going off 6,000 soldiers vs 600, with horses (300 Cavalry in a Legion) plus officers, work horses, water needed tor equipment maintenance, bathing, cooking for both 6000 and 600 or so soldiers), then add all the support staff for both a legion and cohort (or whatever it is defined as if not a full legion)? then add in the amount of water needed for each mikveh (when does the water in a mikveh become 'no longer cleansing? does it have to be changed out if it is not running water? how often? how many gallons/liters). Also, how much water was needed to cleanse the sacrificial areas daily? how was it transported from those cisterns in your video up to the temple? how many people were needed? did they have to cleanse themselves as well before transporting the water? Also (again), how much of those cisterns supplied water to the general population of Jerusalem? How many gallons/liters did the average citizen drink per day? cook with per day? wash/bath per day? then add in the flocks and livestock, work animals, etc. Also add in for festivals, holidays, flocks of animals being sacrificed (they still need to be watered daily I would think). I am asking in an honest way here- it is one thing to say 'they collected water' versus 'there is a fresh running water supply already here.' Speaking of that, what is the volume of water supplied by the Gihon Spring? Could it have provided for all the sacrificing/mikvehs in addition to Roman usage/population usage? Amateurs study tactics; professionals study logistics. Right now I am up in the air about where the Temple actually stood. If on top of the Temple Mount, then logistically there need to be answers instead of 'here is a cistern.' If in the City of David as Bob Cornuke says, could the Gihon support such activities on a daily basis.

1:10, "Never had a drop up there" HUM! Perhaps this is the termed Mount Ararat where the arc is supposedly sitting, landed! But what if in reality that entire section there is where the ark sits, spiritually speaking of course! Thank you for your information appreciate you both and crew

I remember seeing in other videos, where the mosque is on the mount, there occurred an earthquake. With the rebuilding that had to be done to make the structure safe, they discovered the remains of a water pool. Yes, the Gihon spring is in the city of David. However, there was a pool that was used for the needs of the temple. It seems water had to be carried up there to make the needs of the temple. The city of David is not a big place. Yes, there were some places there that seemed to be used for sacrifice as shown in your video. Of course, from what I have seen in videos, the place u present is not big enough to do all the sacrifices of the temple. As a matter of fact, the place u choose to show us is very small & from what I recall only a small amount of sacrifices could occur there. I walked up a tunnel from the Kidron valley to the temple mount. My take on the tunnel was made for the dispersion of the blood that was spilled from the animals into the Kidron valley. I still have one problem with my writing above. Where is Fort Antonia where the soldier's barracks resided?

just a question. Were those cisterns used to keep water during attacks or just temple use?

Perhaps I will only show my ignorance but is there any chance that Herod did not rebuild the temple in the City of David but rather on the traditional temple mount in order to make his temple more grand than that of Solomon. His personality, as scripture suggests, was a man who liked aggrandizement. Just wondering.

We agree with you guys and thank you for making this series of videos! Too bad Bob C. had to make such a fuss so he could sell some books & dvd's, and give a reason to doubt the Jewish People have a right to the Temple Mount. And the uncovering of the street from the pool of Siloam up to the Temple Mount is further proof of where Herod's Temple was. Keep up the great work!

Thank you for the hard investigations on this very touchy topic. It's not easy to go into this one at all from what I understand. Tradition is one of the best and worst parts about all of it. I'm not for or against either one. But we will find out when the prophecies come to pass in the next years to come (Or less etc). Also please try to remember everything that is proposed to be for a large amount of peoples needs such as room in general and water bathing needs is equally valid for both the Roman fort idea and the Temple idea. Romans were coming and going actually living in the fort so needs are almost all the same. It seems to be overlooked that Roman soldiers have and use many HORSES, HORSES, HORSES! Plus a few dogs and animals for food for sure! Housing Soldiers is a huge resource problem even if they are not numbering over a thousand. Plus servants and ANiMALS! 9:19 It does somewhat bother me when I hear statements like this one saying "There is more than enough water for the temples requirements" (Paraphrased) and it's never added that the fact is it should be said "Or for a large number of Roman soldiers". Or something similar. Be cause if they are looking without bias as much as they can they should be including these view points just as much. Both Bob Cornuke (Mr Corncob LOL) and these very smart men need to be searching for the TRUTH not the one they want to be true. Thank you for addressing some of the issues no one else seems to include in their rebuttals that I've seen up until now. I'm not yet convinced of either one and I'm thinking it very well may be that a mixture of both might be the facts. All love and blessings to you in Christ Jesus!

But the Dome of the Rock is more likely patterned after Constantine's octagonal church that he built on the temple site. Perhaps Constantine built this church on what he knew was the place where Jesus was condemned at the fortress of Antonia.

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Finally, on the inside of the southeast corner of the Temple Mount that has been preserved to a great height, is the chapel of the so-called Cradle of Jesus (Arabic: Sidna Issa). There is a small shrine inside this room. The photo below shows the small Muslim dome that was built over a Byzantine altar that has four marble pillars and a reliquary underneath. This may have been the shrine where the nuns of the Monastery of the Virgin came to commemorate the birth of Jesus.

There are, however, other signs that the southern part of the Temple Mount was used at that time. A large monastery, the so-called Monastery of the Virgin, was excavated near the Triple Gate. In its courtyard, a three-seater toilet was found that was flushed with the water of one of the Temple Mount cisterns, namely Cistern 10.

When were the cisterns constructed?

I was leaning towards Karnukes version till I watched this..What about the the temple being in Zion, the city of David? The cisterns and the N/W wall pretty good evidence and the word for 600 men instead of legion....What did you think of Karnuke finding Paul's shipwreck on Malta and the 4 anchors.. He did well on that.

Solomon built the temple on the threshing floor David bought. The Dome of the rock is the highest point of the temple mount. Threshing floors were never built on hills, but in curved valleys, like directly under the Al Kas Fountain. Under the dome of the Rock, was where the Fortress of Antonia stood. In 135 AD, Hadrian filled in about 50 feet of earth over top of where the temple stood and enlarged the temple mount and built a temple of Jupiter where we see the Dome of the rock today.

The cistern that you showed are not cistern but tombs of the Kings, check out Expedition Bible by Archeologist Joel Kamer.

You said there weren't mikvehs down in the City of David, but is this correct? Isn't the Pool of Siloam down there? If so, then the Pool of Siloam could serve as the mikveh for the Temple in the alternative location. You should have at least addressed that. That was one of the major points of Bob Cornuke's thesis. I don't think you fairly evaluated this matter in this episode because you didn't mention the Pool of Siloam in the City of David. It is large enough to have served as the Mikveh for the Temple.

30 + Cisterns, 200 million gallons of water, to serve... a Roman Legion and its support team. Also, when the priesthood prepares the offerings, I do not think they would want to use other peoples ritual bath water.

Okay, now explain Acts 21, where Paul was rescued by the Roman soldiers.

Josephus' never ending spring of water could be the Gihon. Ezekiel 47 tells us the future of the Gihon spring. The Gospels state that Jesus said not one stone will be left on top of another. A huge plaza could have also existed in the City of David, but all its stones could have been carted away, not leaving a trace...

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Interesting ideas. Remember Moses got water from a rock on the mountain in the desert

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I never understood the Temple Mount. It contradicts Jesus saying no stone would be on another.

How did they get the water up out of the cisterns to the mikvah?

Have you guys heard about the ' hewers of wood and fetchers of water ' Also where did the Temple get all the wood to consume all these sacrifices. Jerusalem being a barren hilltop (a treeless hill ).

Right where the pilgrimage road begins they found a pool down there that would be big enough for all kinds of people debate ritualistically and I know that because I saw the video from the watchmen Eric Steckel back

The only water that can be used for Jewish ceremonial bathing must come from the sky and collected, just as with the Mikvahs.

6:00 The point you are trying to make here falls flat when you consider that these mikvahs are just as suitable to a temple location closer to the city of David. They would just be north of the temple rather than south of it.

You guys should sit and chat with Rabbi Tovia Singer, you do great work and I enjoy your videos.

The Isrealites worshipped God on their 'High PLaces', suggesting the altar would be on top of the highest spot - ie Dome of the Rock in the Antonian Fortress. But maybe their Temple was built below so that it could be built on a large flat place. However, SOMEONE built the Antonia fortress foundations with their massive stone blocks that the Romans were not capable of lifting and moving. Maybe the Romans invaded first the fortress/garrison, and later destroyed a separate Temple nearby. I would point out however, that a 'completely different location' for the Temple would have not be REALLY different place, not just nextdoor in Jerusalem!

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I am NOT wanting to disagree or cast doubt, but how did they pump the water up from the cisterns, and where is the "sewage" drains for all the blood and water from the sacrifices? - just asking. Love the videos!

If nothing else Bob Cornuke has help the conversation along, even if he wasn't correct.

What would they do to make sure the water wasn't stagnant and stuff grew in it??

After Titus destroyed the Temple in 70 AD, Hadrian became Caesar in 117 - 138 AD. Hadrian, revisits the actions of he predecessor Antiochus IV Epiphanes and sets up a Temple of Jupiter on the Temple mount, ordering circumcision to cease and expelling the Jews from Jerusalem altogether. He not only made himself the object of worship in this temple, but made Jerusalem the capital city of the Roman world for the worship of Jupiter. He also built an temple to Jupiter in Baalbek, Lebanon

The next Temple must be in Jerusalem. The original site has been lost to history/politics. Biblical prophecy just says the next Temple will be in JERUSALEM. That is all that matters. So Israel build the Temple.

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Where did the water come from that filled the cisterns in the first temple period since the aqueducts did not exist?

not sure if you covered this...but since these cisterns hold millions of gallons of water, where did that water come from?

Read 2nd Chronicles 32:30, Song of Solomon 4:12, Ezekiel 47:5 They are talking about the Well of Souls… Why do you people think the Temple had a Fountain Gate?

See the videos by *Norma Robertson* on RU-vid per the Temple Mount.

They needed water for the tabernacle in the desert too, so I think water can be carried some distance.

Interestingly, you guys use the number '200 million gallons' of water held in the cisterns. Going off Wikipedia (for how accurate that is lol) the Gihon pushes approx 600,000 cubic meters of water per year, which translates to 158,503,230 US gallons per year, so very comparable in the City of David. The logistics again come into it- and then the question again of stagnant water vs 'living water.' Also, if located over the Gihon, no transport was needed- the water was already there, and it is living water. Again- i am asking seriously here, as I have no idea where the Temple was. But you can see i hope why Bob Cornuke puts so much emphasis on the Gihon.

I think I'm misunderstanding. You've got water below the TM itself but not on top. How would they bring water up there?

This is all theory too. I'm just saying... If we are looking for facts, this fact is a certainty, the third temple will be build somewhere in Jerusalem. Where that will be remains to determined. It is interesting all the theories about where it was.

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Is it not possible that there were hand operated pumps that would have brought water up to the temple mount?

What about Hashem says that my temple shall only be built in Tsion - isn’t that the city of David!

The 24 chapter of Matthew, the Lord Jesus Christ states that concerning the temple there would be left not one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down, so how is there a western wall of the temple from that time period still standing? Now are they saying Christ told a lie, if he did, which is a lie, he is the Truth, it is an open attack on his deity as the Lord from Heaven, the true temple has to be somewhere els.

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The tunnels through Warrens Gate were indicated to have been filled with water…..which means there is water under the Temple Mount. The question is, how much?

Why are all these cisterns and mikvahs bone dry?

2nd Chronicles 3:1-2

That is not the Temple Mount it is the remains of the Roman Fort Antonia. Which was it's own municipality unlinked from Jerusalem. The Jews had baths outside of Antonia because they considered it unclean & bathed themselves on the way out.

Mikveh water must come from spring eventually going to ocean or from rain water from sky . I built one orthodox mikveh in NY. Samaratins claim Temple was on Mt Gerizim.. bizarre.

There is no reason to know exactly where the previous temples were, or long thousand of year of broken dried like the dessert man-made cisterns of waters were, nor to have red heifers cows. All the Jews need to do in present time to have our heavenly father to dwell in Jerusalem is not to built a third temple nor tear down the blocks at the Eastern Gate. All the present time Jews need to do is to say that " Jesus you are the Jewish Messiah, the son of our heavenly Father, blessed are you Jesus that came and will come back in the name of our heavenly God." For whoever will see Jesus likewise will see the face of our God. God bless you all.

How do you explain the stables? It makes no sense to me for there to be a stables as part of the temple area, but part of a Roman Fortress. There is no room for horses in the tower that they claim is Antonio.

According to bible my ferm faith, that there was no Jewsish temple, where the people think. So called Western Wall is not the part of temple. Thank you so much for valuable information.

You would need running water for the sacrifice of thousands of animal sacrifice and not stagnant water .

It must be running water.

I watched "Jesus of Nazareth" and when they are making their way to the temple, they went DOWN the mount to the temple, which in my book it shows how they got it right. They looked down onto the Temple.