Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

Bible References

Market

Nehemiah 3:1
Then arose Eliashib the high priest and his brethren the priests, and built the sheep-gate, they, hallowed it, and set up the doors thereof, - even unto the tower of Hammeah, hallowed they it, unto the tower of Hananel;
Nehemiah 12:39
and above the gate of Ephraim, and upon the old gate, and upon the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even as far as the sheep-gate, - and they came to a stand, at the gate of the guard.

Pool

Isaiah 22:9
And the breaches in the city of David, ye beheld for they were many, - So ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool;