SILOAM, VILLAGE OF sĭ lō’ əm (Σιλωάμ, G4978). While this village is not mentioned in the Bible, there exists today a village of Siloam (Silwan) which is situated across the valley from the Gihon spring. Near this village a Heb. inscr. was found on a tomb which may be the inscr. of Shebna, a royal steward who was rebuked by Isaiah (Isa 22:15, 16). Some think that the tower in Siloam, which fell, killing eighteen persons (Luke 13:4), was located at the site now marked by the village of Silwan, while others locate the tower near the Pool of Siloam.