Nehemiah 3:15

“But the gate of the fountain, etc.] Of which (see <160214>Nehemiah 2:14) repaired Shallum, the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; of a tract, district, town, or city so called; perhaps that in the tribe of Benjamin; (see <160307>Nehemiah 3:7), he built it, and covered it; roofed it, which is not said of any of the other gates, whether because of the fountain at it: and set up the doors thereof, etc. finished it completely: and the wall of the pool of Siloah, by the king’s garden; which was formerly without the wall, on the west, but afterwards taken in by Manasseh, who built it; (see <143314>2 Chronicles 33:14), and from hence the king’s garden was watered: and unto the stairs…”

“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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“3:15 The Mizpah district was about six miles (10 kilometers) north of Jerusalem. • The king’s garden was a lush area east of the pool of Siloam near where the Kidron and Hinnom Valleys meet, possibly at the King’s Pool (2:14).”

“the gate: Neh 2:14, Neh 12:37; Ch2 32:30 the ruler: Neh 3:9, Neh 3:12, Neh 3:14 Mizpah: Neh 3:7; Jdg 20:1, Jdg 20:3, Mizpeh, Jer 40:6 Siloah: Siloah was situated under the eastern wall of Jerusalem, between that city and the brook Kedron, and is described by Chateaubriand as lying at the foot of Mount Zion. Dr. Richardson represents the pool of Siloam as occurring higher up the valley of Jehoshaphat, towards the north, than the well of Nehemiah, a little beyond the village of Siloa, and nearly opposite the tombs of Jehoshaphat and Zechariah. Isa 8:6, Shiloah, Luk 13:4; Joh 9:7, Siloam the stairs: Sa2 5:6, Sa2 5:7 Nehemiah 3:16”

“The fountain-gate and a portion of wall adjoining it was repaired by Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah. כּל־חזה occurs again, Neh 11:5, apparently as the name of another individual. To יבננּוּ is added יטללנּוּ, he covered it, from טלל, to shade, to cover, answering to the קרוּהוּ of Neh 3:3 and Neh 3:6, probably to cover with a layer of beams. The position of the fountain-gate is apparent from the description of the adjoining length of wall which Shallum also repaired. This was "the wall of the pool of Shelach (Siloah) by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David." The word שׁלח recalls שׁלּוח; the pool of Shelach can be none…”