John Gill's Exposition on Nehemiah 3:15

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 that go down from the city of David: Zion, which was built on an eminence, from which they went down by steps into the lower city Acra.

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