3:15 Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, 1 by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David.
11:31 Some of the descendants of 2 Benjamin settled in Geba, 3 Micmash, Aija, Bethel 4 and its villages,
1 tn The Hebrew word translated “Siloam” is הַשֶּׁלַח (hashelakh, “water-channel”; cf. ASV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, CEV “Shelah”). It apparently refers to the Pool of Siloam whose water supply came from the Gihon Spring via Hezekiah’s Tunnel built in 701
2 tc The translation reads with a few medieval Hebrew
3 tc Heb “from Geba.” It is preferable to delete the preposition “from” read by the MT.
4 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.