Isaiah 7:3

7:3 So the Lord told Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub ¹  and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ² 

Isaiah 15:5

15:5 My heart cries out because of Moab’s plight, ³ 

and for the fugitives ⁴  stretched out ⁵  as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah.

For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith;

they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim. ⁶ 

Isaiah 36:2

36:2 The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser ⁷  from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, ⁸  along with a large army. The chief adviser ⁹  stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn The name means “a remnant will return.” Perhaps in this context, where the Lord is trying to encourage Ahaz, the name suggests that only a few of the enemy invaders will return home; the rest will be defeated.

² tn Heb “the field of the washer”; traditionally “the fuller’s field” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “the Washerman’s Field.”

³ tn Heb “for Moab.” For rhetorical purposes the speaker (the Lord?, see v. 9) plays the role of a mourner.

⁴ tn The vocalization of the Hebrew text suggests “the bars of her gates,” but the form should be repointed to yield, “her fugitives.” See HALOT 156-57 s.v. בָּרִחַ, and BDB 138 s.v. בָּרִיהַ.

⁵ tn The words “are stretched out” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁶ tn Heb “For the ascent of Luhith, with weeping they go up it; for [on] the road to Horonaim an outcry over shattering they raise up.”

⁷ sn For a discussion of this title see M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 229-30.

⁸ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the chief adviser) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “the field of the washer”; traditionally “the fuller’s field” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).