15 Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the official of the district of Mizpah, (A)repaired the Fountain Gate. He built it, made a roof for it, and installed its doors with its bolts and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah at (B)the king’s garden as far as (C)the steps that descend from the city of David.

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15 The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofing it over and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam,[a](A) by the King’s Garden, as far as the steps going down from the City of David.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 3:15 Hebrew Shelah, a variant of Shiloah, that is, Siloam

“Inasmuch as these people have (A)rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah
And rejoice in (B)Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

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“Because this people has rejected(A)
    the gently flowing waters of Shiloah(B)
and rejoices over Rezin
    and the son of Remaliah,(C)

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and said to him, “Go, wash in (A)the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he left and (B)washed, and (C)came back seeing.

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“Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam”(A) (this word means “Sent”). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.(B)

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11 He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made mud, and spread it on my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to (A)Siloam and wash’; so I went away and washed, and I received sight.”

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11 He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.”(A)

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