The meaning of Pool in the Bible
(From Easton's Bible Dictionary)
a pond, or reservoir, for holding water (Heb. berekhah; modern Arabic, birket), an artificial cistern or tank. Mention is made of the pool of Gibeon (II Samuel 2:13); the pool of Hebron (4:12); the upper pool at Jerusalem (II Kings 18:17; 20:20); the pool of Samaria (I Kings 22:38); the king's pool (Nehemiah 2:14); the pool of Siloah (Nehemiah 3:15; Ecclesiastes 2:6); the fishpools of Heshbon (Cant 7:4); the "lower pool," and the "old pool" (Isaiah 22:9,11).
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