Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Nehemiah 3:15 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 15. 15But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
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Quick Meaning
This verse assigns the Fountain Gate, pool wall, and stair route to Shallun, ruler of Mizpah.
Read It With
- Nehemiah 3:13–3:15
Read Nehemiah 3:13–3:15 together. This verse assigns the Fountain Gate, pool wall, and stair route to Shallun, ruler of Mizpah. Read Nehemiah 3:13–3:15 as one complete scene: Named district leaders and crews rebuild three gates and associated wall features along Jerusalem's southern route.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The Valley, Dung, and Fountain Gates make a coherent southern circuit with doors, locks, bars, wall segments, pool, and stairs. Its placement advances the book. The repeated technical details make repair measurable and local rather than a vague symbol of success. Within that movement, this verse assigns the Fountain Gate, pool wall, and stair route to Shallun, ruler of Mizpah.
Read Nehemiah 3:13–15 together
Why these verses belong together: The Valley, Dung, and Fountain Gates make a coherent southern circuit with doors, locks, bars, wall segments, pool, and stairs.
Verse 13. 13 The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
Verse 14. 14 But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Verse 15. 15 But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David.
What Remains True
Within Nehemiah 3:13–3:15, Nehemiah 3:15 assigns the Fountain Gate, pool wall, and stair route to Shallun, ruler of Mizpah. Good public work names exact components, owners, and limits so claims can be checked.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Nehemiah 3:15, attend to how the verse assigns the Fountain Gate, pool wall, and stair route to Shallun, ruler of Mizpah. Use component-level completion criteria and record disputed locations instead of inflating a project-wide claim.
Continue in Context
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Read Nehemiah 3:13–3:15 — Three southern gates and their structures are repairedSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Nehemiah 3:13–3:15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Nehemiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, repeated roots, Persian titles, names, and translation controls.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Neh.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 3:13–3:15
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Nehemiah with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: A unit-bounded KJV comparison plus only the lexical, grammatical, textual, historical, literary, or older-English notes actually printed for these verses; silence in the notes is not treated as positive evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Nehemiah PDF, printed pp. 765–766, translation text and any translator notes printed for 3:13–3:15
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