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
I proceeded to the Fountain Gate, and then to the King's Pool, but there wasn't sufficient clearance for the animal I was riding to pass.
Nehemiah 12:37
At the Fountain Gate, which stood opposite them, they ascended the stairs of the City of David where the wall rose above the house of David east of the Water Gate.
2 Chronicles 32:30
Hezekiah stopped up the upper outlet of the Gihon springs and diverted them down to the western side of the City of David. He prospered in everything he did.

The ruler

Nehemiah 3:9
Next to him, Hur's son Rephaiah, ruling official for half of the Jerusalem district, did repairs.

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