15 Shallun the son of Col-Hozeh, leader of the district of Mizpah, repaired (A)the Fountain Gate; he built it, covered it, hung its doors with its bolts and bars, and repaired the wall of the Pool of (B)Shelah[a] by the (C)King’s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the City of David.

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  1. Nehemiah 3:15 Or Shiloah

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

“Inasmuch as these people refused
The waters of (A)Shiloah that flow softly,
And rejoice (B)in Rezin and in Remaliah’s son;

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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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Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem?

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Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam(A) fell on them—do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?

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11 He answered and said, (A)“A Man called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to [a]the pool of Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed, and I received sight.”

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  1. John 9:11 NU omits the pool of

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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