Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
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Gill's Exposition
Ye made also a ditch between the two walls,.... The outward and the inward; for Hezekiah not only repaired the broken wall, but he built another without, Ch2 32:5 and between these two he made a…
Barnes' Notes
Ye made also a ditch - That is, they made a “reservoir” to retain the water. The word ‘ditch,’ however, will well describe the character of the pool of Gihon on the west side of the city (see the…
What is meant by the covering of Judah, which in the beginning of this paragraph is said to be discovered, is not agreed. The fenced cities of Judah were a covering to the country; but these, being…
Cambridge Bible
For ditchread reservoir as R.V. The "old pool" is very probably the pool of Siloam (though this is not certain) and the "reservoir" would be intended to retain its surplus water.
between the two walls…
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