(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.
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