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Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto [the place] over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
Nehemiah 3:26 — KJV
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Nehemiah 3:26
King James Version (KJV)
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— D.L. Moody
Nehemiah 3:26
Verse 26 of 32
Commentary
Commentary on Nehemiah 3:26
Theological / DevotionalIn Ophel. Ophel seems to have been the name of the northern section of the eastern hill, that is, the site of David’s City, bordering on the southern limits of the Temple area. Here many of the Temple personnel lived, even as late as the time of Christ.
The water gate. This must have been a gate in the eastern wall which overlooked the spring of Gihon in the Kidron Valley, so named from the fact that water from the spring was carried in through this gate.
The tower that lieth out. This may be the tower whose ruins were excavated by English archeologists from 1923 to 1925, high above the Virgin’s Spring (Gihon) in the Kidron Valley.
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