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 Samuel 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.
the fuller\'s fountain; the well of searching
(fount of the fuller ), a spring which formed one of the landmarks on the boundary line between Judah, ( Joshua 15:7 ) and Benjamin. ( Joshua 18:16 ) It may be identified with the present "Fountain of the Virgin," Ain Umm ed-Daraj , the perennial source from which the pool of Siloam is supplied.