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Washer's Field
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The Washer's Field, a location near Jerusalem's wall, where the Assyrian officials stood and delivered messages to King Hezekiah (2Kgs. 18:17; Isa. 7:3; 36:2).
- verses
- 3
- first named
- 2 Kings 18:17
- last named
- Isaiah 36:2
- feature
- field
- coordinates
- 31.78°N · 35.23°E
northern wall of Jerusalem (OpenBible)
The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.
Description
Washer's Field in the text
The Washer's Field, also known as the Fuller's Field, is a location mentioned in the Bible in connection with the walls of Jerusalem and prophetic messages. In 2Ki.18.17 and Isaiah 36:2, it is recorded that the Assyrian king Sennacherib sent his officials, the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, to deliver a message to King Hezekiah of Judah. They stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washer's Field, and called for the king. The Washer's Field was likely an area outside the city walls where launderers washed and dried clothes, taking advantage of the water supply from the nearby pool. The prophet Isaiah also mentions the Washer's Field in an earlier prophecy (Isa. 7:3), where God instructs him to meet King Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the Washer's Field, to deliver a message of reassurance concerning the impending Assyrian threat. The Washer's Field's location near the city walls and its association with important prophetic messages and diplomatic encounters highlight its significance in the biblical narrative.
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- Isaiah1 event
- Ahaz1 event
- Rabshakeh1 event
- Shear-jashub1 event
The pattern
Where Washer's Field is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
3 verses across 2 of 66 books; 64 write the name nowhere. Named in 2 Kings (1) and Isaiah (2).
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