The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king's garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David. Cross References Luke 13:4 Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in Jerusalem? John 9:7 Then He told him, "Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing. 2 Kings 25:4 Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king's garden. They headed toward the Arabah, Nehemiah 2:14 Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through; Nehemiah 2:17 Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace." Nehemiah 3:19 And next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the Ascent to the Armory, near the angle in the wall. Nehemiah 12:37 At the Fountain Gate they climbed the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east. Ecclesiastes 2:6 I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees. Treasury of Scripture 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 to the stairs that go down from the city of David. the gate Nehemiah 2:14 Nehemiah 12:37 2 Chronicles 32:30 the ruler Nehemiah 3:9,12,14 Mizpah Nehemiah 3:7 Judges 20:1,3 Mizpeh Jeremiah 40:6 Isaiah 8:6 Shiloah Luke 13:4 John 9:7 Siloam. 2 Samuel 5:6,7 |