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Genesis 2:13

וְ שֵׁם הַ נָּהָר הַ שֵּׁנִי גִּיחֹון הוּא הַ סֹּובֵב אֵת כָּל אֶרֶץ כּוּשׁ
And the name of the River of the Second-one78 is Burst Forth [Gichon],79 himself encircling אֶת-the whole earth of Cush;
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Strong’s #1521. Gihon. From giach, “a bursting or breaking forth”. The place where Solomon was anointed King (1 Kin. 1:33). Lower ground near Jerusalem, in a valley of Gihon (2 Chron. 33:14). Hezekiah later closed the upper spring of the Gihon and diverted it underground to a lower pool (2 Chron. 32:30).