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 passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King's Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me.
Nehemiah 12:37
They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east.
2 Chronicles 32:30
Hezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did.

The ruler

Nehemiah 3:9
Rephaiah son of Hur, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to them.

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