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Nehemiah 3
The rebuilding of the wall, gate by gate and section by section: priests, goldsmiths, perfumers, rulers and families each repair the part in front of their own houses, from the Sheep Gate round to the Water Gate and back.
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- See Jerusalem in 3D, from David to Jesus' day
- See the places of Jesus on the map
- Walk through Hezekiah's tunnel in 3D
- Jerusalem Through the AgesThe gates of Nehemiah 3 · Jerusalem Through the AgesOpen
- The Feast of TabernaclesJerusalem in Nehemiah 8 · The Feast of TabernaclesOpen
- Places of JesusPool of Siloam · Places of JesusOpen
- The Feast of TabernaclesThe last and greatest day · The Feast of TabernaclesOpen
- The Feast of TabernaclesPool of Siloam · The Feast of TabernaclesOpen
- Hezekiah's TunnelThe pool at the tunnel's end · Hezekiah's TunnelOpen
- Jerusalem Through the AgesThe Broad Wall · Jerusalem Through the AgesOpen
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How sure can we be?
- Strongly supported
Kings says Hezekiah “made a pool, and a conduit”; Nehemiah names “the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden”.
- Strongly supported
Shelah, "the pool of Siloah" or 「西羅亞池」?: The Hebrew name here is Shelah (Shelach). KJV writes "the pool of Siloah" and the 和合本 「西羅亞池」, the pool of Siloam of John 9:7. The Cambridge Bible and Keil and Delitzsch explain that Shelach recalls the Shiloah of Isaiah 8:6, "sent" water: the pool fed by the channel from the spring. John gives the same meaning: Siloam, "which is by interpretation, Sent".
- Strongly supported
Shelah, "the pool of Siloah" or 「西羅亞池」?: The Hebrew name here is Shelah (Shelach). KJV writes "the pool of Siloah" and the 和合本 「西羅亞池」, the pool of Siloam. The Cambridge Bible and Keil and Delitzsch explain that Shelach recalls the Shiloah of Isaiah 8:6, "sent" water: the pool fed by the channel from the spring.
- Strongly supported
Isaiah: “the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall”; Nehemiah names “the broad wall”.
- Strongly supported
Nehemiah 3 names the gates and towers in order round the wall, and the families who repaired each stretch.
- Plausible
The Water Gate was on the east side, above the Gihon spring.
Nehemiah 3:26 says 'toward the east'; the link to the Gihon spring is a common inference, and the exact spot is not known.