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A Jerusalem landmark in the time of Nehemiah which can no longer be identified with certainty (Nehemiah 2:13 ). The water source is described as a well (KJV, NAS, NIV), a spring (REB, NRSV), or a fountain (TEV). The NIV takes the underlying Hebrew word as Jackal rather than dragon. The Dragon Well has been identified with the Gihon spring, the main water source during the time of Hezekiah, the Siloam pool which was fed by the Gihon, the En-rogel spring located 210 meters south of the confluence of the Hinnom and Kidron valleys, or with a spring along the east side of the Tyropoeon Valley which has since dried up.

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Dragon Well'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/d/dragon-well.html. 1991.

Bible Dictionaries Dragon Well

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Dragon Well