From Nave’s Topical Bible
Gihon
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 12Passages listed
- 5Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- 1. A river in EgyptGenesis 2:13
- 2. Pools near Jerusalem1 Kings 1:331 Kings 1:381 Kings 1:45
- Hezekiah brings the waters of the upper pool by an aqueduct into the city of Jerusalem2 Chronicles 32:42 Chronicles 32:302 Chronicles 33:14Nehemiah 2:13–15Nehemiah 3:13–16Isaiah 7:3Isaiah 22:9–11Isaiah 36:2
The passages, in Bible order (12)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 12 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 2:13
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
Commentary on Genesis 2:132 voices
The second river is Gihon, by which, when they were sojourning in Egypt, was laid down the law of the Israelites that they should depart from Egypt, and having girded their loins they should as a sign of temperance partake of a lamb. It is fitting that the chaste and the sanctified should celebrate the Pasch of the Lord. For that reason, the observance of the law was first carried out beside that river, the name of which signifies an opening of the earth.
Ambrose of Milan· On Paradise, 397Patristic
And the name of the second river is Gihon,.... There was one of this name in the land of Israel, which, or a branch of it, flowed near Jerusalem, 1Ki 1:33 this Aben Ezra suggests is here meant, and which favours the notion of the above learned man, that the garden of Eden was in the land of Israel.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 1:33
“Take my servants with you,” said the king. “Set my son Solomon on my own mule and take him down to Gihon.
Commentary on 1 Kings 1:332 voices
[David] orders [Zadok, Nathan and Benaiah] to make "Solomon ride [his] mule," because this animal was highly valued among the Hebrews, just like the white donkey among the Romans. The Jews, in fact, did not possess mules, since they were not allowed to "breed their …
Ishodad of Merv· BOOKS OF SESSIONS 1 KINGS 1:33, 850Patristic
And the king said unto them, take ye the servants of your lord,.... Meaning his own servants, his bodyguards, the Cherethites and Pelethites, as appears from 1Ki 1:38; the Jews (a) from hence gather, that a king is superior to an high priest, since David calls himself the lord of Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet: and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule; for it seems on such a creature David used to ride, as did his sons; horses not being so common in Judea as they were afterwards.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 1:38
Then Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, along with the Cherethites and Pelethites, went down and set Solomon on King David’s mule, and they escorted him to Gihon.
Commentary on 1 Kings 1:381 voice
So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada,.... The three men that David sent for on this occasion: and the Cherethites and the Pelethites; not the sanhedrim, as Ben Gersom, but David's guards, over whom Benaiah was: these went down; from Jerusalem; and caused Solomon to ride upon King David's mule; as he had ordered: and brought him to Gihon; or Siloah, as the Targum; hence the Jews say (e), they do not anoint a king but at a fountain; but this is the only instance of it. (e) T. Bab. Ceritot, fol.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Kings 1:45
Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king at Gihon, and they have gone up from there with rejoicing that rings out in the city. That is the noise you hear.
Commentary on 1 Kings 1:451 voice
And Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, have anointed him king in Gihon,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Chronicles 32:4
Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 32:41 voice
So there was gathered much people together,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 2 Chronicles 32:30
It was Hezekiah who blocked the upper outlet of the Spring of Gihon and channeled it down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 32:302 voices
This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper water course of Gihon,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The upper watercourse - He made canals to bring the waters of Gihon from the west side of Jerusalem to the west side of the city of David.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- 2 Chronicles 33:14
After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the City of David from west of Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and he brought it around the hill of Ophel and heightened it considerably. He also stationed military commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 33:141 voice
Now after this he built a wall without the city of David,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Nehemiah 2:13–15
So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Commentary on Nehemiah 2:13–152 voices
And I went out by night, by the gate of the valley,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The gate of the valley - A gate opening on the valley of Hinnom, which skirted Jerusalem to the west and south. The exact position is uncertain; as is also that of the dragon well. The dung port - The gate by which offal and excrements were conveyed out of the city, and placed eastward of the valley-gate.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Nehemiah 3:13–16
The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
Commentary on Nehemiah 3:13–161 voice
And Hanun built up the Valley Gate, etc. We know that the Valley of Jehoshaphat, which was also called Gehenna, that is, the Valley of Hinnom, was to the eastern side of the city of Jerusalem, through which flows the Kidron stream, mentioned in the …
Bede· Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah, 735Patristic
- Isaiah 7:3
Then the LORD said to Isaiah, “Go out with your son Shear-jashub to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct that feeds the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field,
Commentary on Isaiah 7:31 voice
(Verse 3, 4 and following) And the Lord said to Isaiah: Go out to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-Jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field. And say to him: Take heed, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and the son of Remaliah.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
- Isaiah 22:9–11
You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.
Commentary on Isaiah 22:9–112 voices
(Verses 7-9.) And he took Elam, the quiver, the chariot of a man, and the shield uncovered the wall. And your chosen valleys will be full of chariots, and horsemen will set their seats at the gate. And the covering of Judah will be revealed, and on that day you will see the arsenal of the house of the forest. And you will see the breaches of the city of David, for they are multiplied. LXX: But the Elamites took quivers, climbers, men upon horses, and a gathering of fighters.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic
And you have gathered together the waters. Here he sets out the pertinacity of their obstinacy. And first, he denounces the sin of obstinacy; second, he sets out the divine sentence against them: and the voice of the Lord of hosts was revealed (Isa 22:14). …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on Isaiah, 1274Patristic
- Isaiah 36:2
And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
Commentary on Isaiah 36:22 voices
And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces. Here he shows how Assyria offended the Jews by threatening them through messengers. And first, the meeting of the messengers is set out; second, their discussion: and Rabsaces said to them (Isa 36:4); third, their departure from …
Thomas Aquinas· Commentary on Isaiah, 1274Patristic
I read in a certain Commentary that the same person is Sennacherib who also captured Samaria, which is completely false. For the Sacred History recounts that first Phul, the king of the Assyrians, devastated the ten tribes under Manahen, the king of Israel. Secondly, Theglathphalasar came against Samaria under Phacee, the son of Romelia of Israel. Salmanasar, under the reign of King Hoshea of Israel, captured the entire city of Samaria. Sargon is said to be the fourth king who captured Ashdod. Asarhaddon, the fifth king, relocated Israel and sent the Samaritans as guardians to the land of Judah.
Jerome· Commentary on Isaiah, 420Patristic