S – This same Hezekiah blocked the upper outlet of the water from the Gihon Spring and channeled it smoothly downward and westward to the city of David. Hezekiah succeeded in everything he did

2 Chronicles 32:30 CSB

O – Commentary:

He had wealth and honor; he built storage facilities, agricultural settlements, and villages; he rerouted the city’s water supply from the Gihon spring (in the Kidron Valley on the east) to the west side, and succeeded in these and many other undertakings. The tunnel of Hezekiah was dug through solid rock from the Gihon spring to the Pool of Siloam, a distance of 1,777 feet with workmen digging from each end and meeting in the middle

“2 Chronicles,” in The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures

A – The Bible isn’t a storybook.  It is where facts and history meet the present day.  My wife, Kristin, walked through this tunnel when she visited Israel—one line in the Bible about an amazing premodern accomplishment. We can’t make the Bible about the past.  We must continue to make it about us and our relationship with God today.

R – Heavenly Father, you are Holy and there is no rival to you.  Give us the ability to read the Bible and apply it to our lives today.  The stories and principles of the past are applicable for us in our relationship with you and others.  We need your presence more than ever.