Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The ruler

Bible References

The gate

Nehemiah 2:14
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no room for the animal that was under me to pass.
Nehemiah 12:37
At the Fountain Gate they went up straight before them by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, to the Water Gate on the east.
2 Chronicles 32:30
This same Hezekiah closed the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works.

The ruler

Nehemiah 3:9
Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.

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