Fish-pools

Fish-pools

(Cant 7:4 ) should be simply "pools," as in the Revised Version. The reservoirs near Heshbon (q.v.) were probably stocked with fish ( 2 Samuel 2:13 ; 4:12 ; Isaiah 7:3 ; Isaiah 22:9 Isaiah 22:11 ).

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Fish-pools". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .