Fountain of Joab--The King's Pool Mentioned by Nehemiah

Name:

Bain, Robert E. M.

Description:

1 photograph; b&w

Provenance:

Bertrand and Paola Lazard Holy Land Collection

Physical Description:

20.3 x 22.8 cm ( 8 x 9 in).

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

A man stands beside the end of a stone tunnel. The city of Jerusalem is in the background on a hill.; The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(I. King's, i: 9.)--'And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants.' Joab's fountain is identical with En-rogel, which was for years identified [sic] with Bir Eyub south of the pool of Siloam, and at the union of the valleys of Hinnom and of Kedron. But according to Haskett Smith, M. Clermont-Gannaeu recovered the stone of Zoheleth mentioned in I. Kings, i: 9, at a rocky plateau in the midst of the village of Silwan, which is known to-day in Arabic as Zhoheh. Thus it is thought that En-Rogel or Joab's Fountain is identical with the Virgin's Fountain. This is thought also to be identical with the king's pool mentioned in Nehemiah, ii: 14, and is also thought to be the one called Solomon's reservoir by Josephus. This is between the pool of Siloam and the south side of the Temple."; The photograph was not catalogued by Lazard--it was catalogued at LKCAJS.; Condition: Good

Collection:

Lenkin Family Collection of Photography (University of Pennsylvania)