Josh. xv. 7. xviii. 16.EN-ROGEL, The Fountain of Rogel, or the Fuller’s Fountain; for Rogel in Hebrew signifies one, who treads linnen or stuffs under his feet in order to blanch or scower them. This is the same as the fountain of Siloam, situated to the east of Jerusalem, at the foot of Mount Sion. Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, and Ahimaaz the son of Zadok the High-Priest, 2 Sam. xvii. 17.lay concealed near the fountain of Rogel, that they might be able to inform David of all that should happen at Jerusalem, when Absalom came thither after his rebellion. Adonijah the son of David made a 1 Kings i. 9. In the Year of the World 2989, before J. C. 1011, before the Vulgar Æra 1015.splendid entertainment for the great men of his father’s court, near the fountain of Siloam, and the stone of Zoheleth.
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