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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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the gate of the fountain
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The gate leading either to the fountain of Siloam, on the east of the city, or to that of Gihon, on the west. Neh 3:15; 2Ki 18:17; 2Ki 20:20; 2Ch 32:30 |
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the king's pool
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Probably the aqueduct made by Hezekiah to bring the waters of Gihon to the city of David. |
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Neh 3:15 |
But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. |
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2Ki 18:17 |
And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the fuller's field. |
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2Ki 20:20 |
And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? |
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2Ch 32:30 |
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Nehemiah 2:14," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Neh/2/14.html>.
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