# בְּרֵכָה (berekhah)

Israeli respelling: be-re-khah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H1295. 15 Old Testament occurrences.

a reservoir (at which camels kneel as a resting-place)

King James renderings: (fish-) pool.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/berekhah-h1295

## Occurrences

- [2 Samuel 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/2/13) — And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the…
- [2 Samuel 4:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/4/12) — And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron.…
- [1 Kings 22:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/22/38) — And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of…
- [2 Kings 18:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/18/17) — And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they…
- [2 Kings 20:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/20/20) — And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they n…
- [Nehemiah 2:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/2/14) — Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
- [Nehemiah 3:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/3/15) — But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the…
- [Nehemiah 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/3/16) — After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, a…
- [Ecclesiastes 2:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/6) — I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
- [Song of Solomon 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/7/4) — Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon w…
- [Isaiah 7:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/7/3) — Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in th…
- [Isaiah 22:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/9) — Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool.
- [Isaiah 22:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/22/11) — Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respec…
- [Isaiah 36:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/36/2) — And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the u…
- [Nahum 2:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/2/8) — But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.