Bible Dictionary
Fullers Field, The
The Fuller’s Field was a place near Jerusalem where cloth workers carried out their trade. It lay close enough to the city walls for people there to hear messages spoken from the field.
Definition
The Fuller’s Field was a place near Jerusalem where fullers carried on their trade. It was close enough to the city walls for speech from the field to be heard by people on the walls.
Biblical Usage
It appears in accounts involving the approach of the Assyrian representative and the communication between him and Jerusalem’s defenders.
Historical Background
One fuller’s area seems to have been below the city on the southeast, but the approach of the Assyrian host suggests another location on the northern table-land. The precise position is therefore discussed in relation to the direction of approach.
Scripture References
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
a spot near Jerusalem, (2 Kings 8:17; Isaiah 7:3; 36:2) so close to the walls that a person speaking from there could be heard on them. (2 Kings 18:17,26) One resort of the fullers of Jerusalem would seem to have been below the city on the southeast side. But Rabshakeh and his “great host” must have come from the north; and the fuller’s field was therefore, to judge from this circumstance, on the table-land on the northern side of the city.