Ein Rogel (Hebrew: ʿĒn Rōgēl), also known as Well of Job, is a spring on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Ein Rogel was mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the hiding-place of David's spies, Jonathan and Ahimaaz, during Absalom's uprising against the rule of King David (). It may also have been a sacred place in pre-Israelite times. Name Ein Rogel The application of the Biblical name Ein Rogel to the well in Silwan is long standing amongst early European travellers to Jerusalem. In English it also appears as Enrogel (, King James Version), En-rogel (2 Samuel 17:17, American Standard Version and English Standard Version), or En Rogel (, NIV and NKJV). It is derived from Hebrew words meaning "eye of a traveller;" springs were seen as an "eye" in the landscape. En Rogel was one of the boundary marks between Judah and Benjamin (, ). During Absalom's uprising against David, Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed at Ein Rogel, "for they dared not be seen coming into the city (Jerusalem); so a female servant would come and tell them, and they would go and tell King David". However, "a lad saw them, and told Absalom", and so they had to flee to Bahurim (). Ein Rogel lay close to a stone, Zoheleth, where Adonijah, Solomon's half-brother of, held a sacrificial feast when he attempted to assert his claims to the throne (). The obviously sacred character of the spring suggests that it is the same as the Dragon Well or Serpent Well of . As of 1901, the meaning of the name was uncertain. The interpretation 'Fuller's Well' does not bear the mark of antiquity. It is probable that, like Zoheleth, the original name had some sacred or mythic significance. Ein Rogel is mentioned in "Topography of Jerusalem", a document found in the Cairo Geniza, which describes how the water breaks through to the riverbed after a winter of plentiful rainfall. Bir Ayoub Some scholars identify Ein Rogel with Bir Ayyub. The application of the name Bir Ayyub ( Bir Ayoub, also spelled Ayub, Ayoub) to the site is old, which translates to "Fountain of Job" or "Job's Well", as it was used by the local inhabitants of Jerusalem in early modern times. The name was used in Mujir al-Din's 1495 work "The glorious history of Jerusalem and Hebron" as if it was already long-standing. The name, "Job's well," is said to