Nehemiah 3:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

gate. See App-59.

Siloah. sent. See John 5:1; John 5:2. Compare John 9:7 At south-east corner of Ophel.

king's garden. See 2 Kings 25:4.

stairs. On east side of the city. This fixes the site of Zion. See note on first occurrence (2 Samuel 5:7). Compare Nehemiah 12:37. Discovered by Dr. Bliss, Quarterly Statement, Palestine Exploration Fund, Jan., 1897.

Nehemiah 3:15

15 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.