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Rebuilding a Real City
Commentators explain that this verse describes a specific, strategic area. The Fountain Gate was near the Pool of Siloah, which supplied water to the king's gardens, and was located near a prominent staircase connecting the lower valley to the 'city of David.' These geographical details ground the biblical account in real-world history, reminding us that God's work unfolds in tangible places.
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Nehemiah
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Albert Barnes
On Nehemiah 3:15
18th Century
Theologian
The “pool of Siloah” lies at the southwestern foot of the temple hill, near the lower end of the Tyropoeon. It appears to have been at all times be…
Charles Ellicott
On Nehemiah 3:15
19th Century
Bishop
He covered it. —Similar to laid the beams in Nehemiah 3:3; Nehemiah 3:6.
The pool of Siloah.
John Gill
On Nehemiah 3:15
17th Century
Pastor
But the gate of the fountain
Of which see (Nehemiah 2:14)
repaired Shallum, the son o…
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Matthew Henry
On Nehemiah 3:1–32
17th Century
Minister
The work was divided so that everyone might know what they had to do and attend to it, with a desire to excel, yet without contention or separate i…