Nehemiah 3:15

_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._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

Verse 15. _THE POOL OF SILOAH_] This is probably the same as that mentioned by the evangelists. _THE STAIRS THAT GO DOWN FROM THE CITY OF DAVID._] Jerusalem being built on very _uneven ground_, and some _hills_ being taken within the walls; there was a necessity that there should be in different places _steps_ by which they could ascend and descend: probably similar to what we see in the city of _Bristol_....

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 beyond the line of the city wall, but was perhaps joined to the city by a fortification of its own. THE KING’S GARDENS - See 2 Kings 25:4 note. THE STAIRS - A flight of steps, still to be seen, led from the low valley of the Tyropoeon up the steep sides of Ophel to the “city of David,” which it reached probably at a point not far south of the temple....

EXPOSITION COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORK, AND ARRANGEMENT OF THE WORKING PARTIES, WITH THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SUPERINTENDED THE BUILDING (Nehemiah 3:1. ). The especial object of this chapter seems to be the rendering of honour where honour was due—the putting on record of the names of the men who boldly came to the front on this occasion, sacrificed their ease to their duty, and exposed themselves to a threatened hostile attack (Nehemiah 4:8). Though Nehemiah's eloquence had ca

CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The builders of the sheep gate (Nehemiah 3:1)_ 2. The builders of the fish gate (Nehemiah 3:3) 3. The repairers of the old gate (Nehemiah 3:6) 4. The repairers of the valley gate (Nehemiah 3:13) 5. The repairers of the dung gate (Nehemiah 3:14) 6. The repairers of the gate of the fountain (Nehemiah 3:15) 7. The repairers of the water gate ...

THE BUILDING OF THE WALLS, This is an independent section which breaks the connexion between Nehemiah 2:20 and Nehemiah 4:1 ff.; it is an excerpt which commences with And Eliashib. (not then Eliashib. as RV), thus betraying a connexion with something which must originally have preceded it. As the text now stands, the contents of the section do not follow on logically after Nehemiah 2:20. Further, the description here given, in itself incomplete, of the distribution of the work represents the different parts of the wall as having been repaired simultaneously, but this is contradicted by Nehemiah 6:1....

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....

_But the gate of the fountain_ R.V. AND THE FOUNTAIN GATE. See Nehemiah 2:14. According to the old view, Nehemiah's description here passes over a considerable space (nearly half a mile in straight line) between the -dung gate" and the -fountain gate." The omission is capable of being explained as due either to the omission of certain details, cf. Nehemiah 3:11, or to the fact that the precipitous nature of the ground rendered little work necessary upon the southern wall. But it can hardly be accidental that a similar omission has to be understood in the other description of the wall's circuit (ch. Nehemiah 12:31; Nehemiah 12:3

TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT TEXT, Nehemiah 3:1-32 1 Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They consecrated the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. 2 And next to him the men of Jericho built, and next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built. 3 Now the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and bars. 4 And next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz made repairs. And next to him Meshullam the son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel made repairs. And next to him Zadok the son of Baana also made repairs. 5 Moreover, next to him the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not support the work of their masters, 6 And Joiada the

3:15 Shelah (f-40) Siloam, John 9:7 . city (g-54) The part of Jerusalem thus called....