Topic
Dragon well
1 passage cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1897–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Nehemiah 2:13Easton · ISBE
And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
(Neh. 2:13), supposed by some to be identical with the Pool of Gihon.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
(Ne 2:13 the King James Version). See JACKAL'S WELL.
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.