Fuller’s Field
Fullers Field
( , sedeh’ koos’; Sept. , or ; Vulg. agerfullonis), a spot near Jerusalem (2Ki 18:17; Isa 36:2; Isa 7:3) so close to the walls that a person speaking from there could be heard on them (2Ki 18:17; 2Ki 18:26). It is only incidentally mentioned in these passages, as giving its name to a “highway” (=an embanked road, Gesen. Thes. page 957 b), “in” () or “on” (, A.V. “in”) which highway was the “conduit of the upper pool.” The “end” () of the conduit, whatever that was, appears to have been close to the road (Isa 7:3). In considering the nature of this spot, it should be borne in mind that sadeh, “field,” is a term almost invariably confined to cultivated arable land, as opposed to unreclaimed ground. SEE TOPOGRAPHICAL TERMS. One resort of the fullers of Jerusalem would seem to have been below the city on the south-east side. SEE ENROGEL.
But Rabshakeh and his “great host” can hardly have approached in that direction. They must have come from the north the only accessible side for any body of people as is certainly indicated by the route traced in Isa 10:28-32 SEE GIBEAH; and the fuller’s field, from this circumstance, has been located by some (Hitzig, zu Jesa. 7:3; Williams, Holy City, 2:472) on the table-land on the northern side of the city, near the Damascus gate. SEE FULLER’S MONUMENT (below). The “pool” and the “conduit” would be sufficient reasons for the presence of the fullers, and their location would therefore determine that of the “field” in question. SEE CONDUIT. On the other hand, Rabshakeh and his companions may have left the army and advanced along the east side of Mount Moriah to En-rogel, to a convenient place under the temple walls for speaking. There can be little doubt, however, that the “upper pool” is the cistern now called Birket el-Mamilla, at the head of the Valley of Hinnom, a short distance west of the Yafa gate (Porter, Handbook for S. and P. pages 99, 136). Hezekiah conveyed the waters from it by a subterranean aqueduct to the west side of the city of David (2Ch 32:30). The natural course of this aqueduct was along the ancient road to the western gate beside the castle, and this was the road by which the Assyrian ambassadors would doubtless approach the city, coming as they did from Lachish. The position of the fuller’s field is thus indicated. It lay on the side of the highway west of the city. SEE FULLER’S GATE (below). The fullers occupation required an abundant supply of water, and an open space for drying the clothes. We may therefore conclude that their “field” was beside, or at least not far distant from the upper pool. SEE GIHON.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Fuller’s field
a spot near Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:17; Isa. 36:2; 7:3), on the side of the highway west of the city, not far distant from the “upper pool” at the head of the valley of Hinnom. Here the fullers pursued their occupation.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Fullers’ Field
Isa 7:3; Isa 36:2. The “conduit of the upper pool was in the highway (the raised causeway) of the fullers’ field,” which would be in a position near water for washing, previous to drying and bleaching the cloth. The Assyrian army advanced on Jerusalem from the N. (Isa 10:28-32), the only accessible side for a host; Enrogel was on the S.E. But Rabshakeh and his companions probably left the army, and advanced along the E. of mount Moriah to Enrogel, to a convenient place under the temple walls for speaking.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Fuller’s Field
A place near Jerusalem where there was water, and doubtless where the fullers carried on some of their work outside the city: its locality is not known. 2Ki 18:17; Isa 7:3; Isa 36:2.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Fuller’s Field
A spot near Jerusalem.
2Ki 18:17; Isa 7:3; Isa 36:2