Bible Location
Meaning: the fuller's fountain; the well of searching · 4 cross references · Modern-day map available
En-rogel was a spring near the junction of the Kidron and Hinnom valleys on the edge of Jerusalem. It is important because it appears in boundary descriptions and in dramatic royal episodes involving David's allies and Adonijah's failed bid for the throne. First appears in Josh 15:7.1
Place meaning
the fuller's fountain; the well of searching
Coordinates
31.77, 35.23
First appears
Josh 15:7
AI summary: En-rogel is one of the water landmarks through which Jerusalem's political drama becomes spatially concrete. It helps define tribal boundaries, but in Samuel and Kings it becomes the hiding place of David's messengers and the feast site for Adonijah's rival coronation attempt. That gives the spring a role in moments of secrecy, intelligence, and contested succession. The cross references present En-rogel as a boundary spring bound up with intrigue, water, and royal transition.1
Place meaning
the fuller's fountain; the well of searching
Latitude
31.77
Longitude
35.23
Bible references
4
Fountain of the treaders; i.e., “foot-fountain;” also called the “fullers’ fountain,” because fullers here trod the clothes in water. It has been identified with the “fountain of the virgin” (q.v.), the modern ‘Ain Ummel-Daraj. Others identify it, with perhaps some probability, with the Bir Eyub, to the south of the Pool of Siloam, and below the junction of the valleys of Kidron and Hinnom. (See FOUNTAIN.)
It was at this fountain that Jonathan and Ahimaaz lay hid after the flight of David (2 Sam. 17:17); and here also Adonijah held the feast when he aspired to the throne of his father (1 Kings 1:9).
The Bir Eyub, or “Joab’s well,” “is a singular work of ancient enterprise. The shaft sunk through the solid rock in the bed of the Kidron is 125 feet deep...The water is pure and entirely sweet, quite different from that of Siloam; which proves that there is no connection between them.” Thomson’s Land and the Book. 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.