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Solomon's pools, in 1981 Solomon's Pools (Beraik Solayman), are located immediately to the south of al-Khader and about 5 kilometres southwest of Bethlehem . The pools consist of three open cisterns, each pool with a 6 metre drop to the next, fed from an underground spring. With each pool being over 100 metres long, 65 metres wide and 10 metres deep, the total water capacity is approximately 200 million litres. Consequently the pools have played a significant role in the area's water supply for centuries. They are erroneously named after the Biblical Solomon , stemming from a legend of Solomon using the waters and gardens as in Ecclesiastes 2.6, where Solomon is recorded as saying "I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees". However, recent evidence suggests that the lowest pool was probably the constructed during the Maccabean period at the time of the reconstruction of the temple at Jerusalem (circa 2 BCE). A second phase occurred when Pontius Pilate built 39 km of aqueduct from the collection pools at Arrub . Roman engineering under Herod the Great in connection with his improvements to the Second Temple created the underground tunnel feeding the upper pool. The pools provide water for an aqueduct system supplying Bethlehem and for the population of Jerusalem where the aqueduct terminated under the Temple Mount and separated from its neighbour by 50 metres and each pool is 6 metres lower than that above it, the conduits being so arranged that the lowest, which is the largest and finest of the three, is filled first, and then in succession the others. It has been estimated that these pools cover about 7 acres.¹ View from inside a Roman aqueduct from the Pools of Solomon to Jerusalem .² The pools are fed by four different springs; the most prominent is Ein-Atan or Etam at the head of the Wadi Urtas, called "the sealed fountain," about 200 metres to the north-west of the upper pool. The spring water is transferred to the upper pool by a large subterranean passage. The water system as a whole shows a high degree of sophistication. Five different aqueducts, totalling nearly 60 kilometres in length, were linked to Solomon's Pools. From the lower pool an aqueduct has been traced carrying the water through Bethlehem and across the valley of Gihon, and along the west slope of the Tyropoeon valley, till it finds its way into the great cisterns underneath the temple hill in Jerusalem. The water, however, from the pools now reaches only to Bethlehem. The aqueduct beyond this has been destroyed. Two of the aqueducts connected to additional water sources from the south; another, from the upper pool, carried water east to the Herodium where Herod had constructed a large recreational pool, lined with columns; and two aqueducts brought water to Jerusalem. The area around Solomon's Pools has provided a pleasant atmosphere for picnics and relaxation over the centuries. On the north side at the entry to the park is an old Ottoman structure, built in 1620, which is known as Qal'at el-Burak or the castle of the pools. This has served at times as a khan (a resting place for caravans) and now has a restaurant with a garden area inside.³

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Solomon's pools, between 1890 and 1905 Solomon's pools, in 1981 The lower pool at Solomon's pools, 2013 View from inside a Roman aqueduct from the Pools of Solomon to Jerusalem . Solomon's Pools ( , Burak Suleīmān , Solomon's Pools, or simply el-Burak , the pools; , Breichot Shlomo ) are three ancient reservoirs located in the south-central West Bank , immediately to the south of the Palestinian village of al-Khader , about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southwest of Bethlehem and near the road to Hebron .

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Solomon's pools, 1981 Solomon's Pools ( , Burak Suleīmān , Solomon's Pools, or in short el-Burak , the pools; , Breichot Shlomo ) are three ancient reservoirs located in the south-central West Bank , immediately to the south of al-Khader , about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) southwest of Bethlehem , near the road to Hebron . Although the site was traditionally associated with King Solomon , scholars today believe the pools to be much younger, with the oldest part dating to the 2nd century BCE.

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Ancient reservoirs near Bethlehem Solomon's pools, 1981 Solomon's Pools ( , or in short el-Burak , 'the pools'; ) are three ancient reservoirs located in the south-central West Bank , immediately to the south of al-Khader , about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) southwest of Bethlehem , near the road to Hebron . The pools are located in Area A of the West Bank under the control of the Palestinian National Authority . Solomon's Pools provided the water for two aqueducts that delivered water to Jerusalem during the late Second Temple period . The first one, known as the "Low-level Aqueduct," is thought to have been built in the first century BCE, around the end of the Hasmonean period. It delivered water to cisterns located underground beneath the Temple Mount , which were primarily used by the Temple . A second aqueduct, the "High-Level Aqueduct," took a similar path, but it is uncertain where it ended up in Jerusalem. It might have provided water to Herod's Palace . The Herodium also received water from the Solomon's Pools. "Second Temple era archaeological site suffer serious damage" . ynetnews .

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Ancient reservoirs near Bethlehem Solomon's Pools ( Arabic : برك سليمان , romanized : Burak Sulaymān , or in short el-Burak , 'the pools'; Hebrew : בריכות שלמה , romanized : Breichot Shlomo ) are three ancient reservoirs located in the south-central West Bank , immediately to the south of al-Khader , about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) southwest of Bethlehem , near the road to Hebron . The pools are located in Area A of the West Bank under the control of the Palestinian National Authority . Solomon's Pools provided the water for two aqueducts that delivered water to Jerusalem during the late Second Temple period . The first one, known as the "Low-level Aqueduct," is thought to have been built in the first century BCE, around the end of the Hasmonean period. It delivered water to cisterns located underground beneath the Temple Mount , which were primarily used by the Temple . A second aqueduct, the "High-Level Aqueduct," took a similar path, but it is uncertain where it ended up in Jerusalem. It might have provided water to Herod's Palace . The Herodium also received water from the Solomon's Pools. "Second Temple era archaeological site suffer serious damage" . ynetnews .

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