Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

CONDUIT

In the environmental sense, generally a closed channel or passage that is filled with fluid under pressure. Geologically, it is a vertical passageway through which lava flows upward in a volcano. It can also be considered a pipe made by connecting reeds, tree trunks, tiles, bricks, or lead piping. Because water is an exceedingly important resource in arid lands, in ancient times conduits often supplied settlements with water from springs and other sources. In much of the Holy Land wells or shafts were dug to collect ground water, and conduits (or kanats) connected them into intricate water supply systems. Many ancient kanats are still in use today throughout the Middle East. Conduits are mentioned in the Bible as a means of getting water from springs or streams into settlements such as Jerusalem. For example, the conduit from a spring to the upper pool and then below two other pools in Jerusalem during the times of Hezekiah and Isaiah is quite well known. The conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the Fuller’s Field where garments were washed was a particularly important meeting place.

Richard A. Stephenson

Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

CONDUIT

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)