Nehemiah 12:37 KJV
And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.
Matthew Henry
- The dedication of the wallAll our cities, all our houses, must have holiness to the Lord written upon them. The believer should undertake nothing which he does not dedicate to the...
Parallel Passages
- Nehemiah 3:18 After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- 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 3:26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
- Nehemiah 8:1 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
- Nehemiah 8:3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law.
- Nehemiah 8:16 So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
- 2 Samuel 5:7–9 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. …
- Nehemiah 3:15–16 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 doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. …
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Topics
- Dedication Of the wall of Jerusalem
- Ezra Dedicates the wall of Jerusalem
- Israel, prophecies concerning The wall of Jerusalem rebuilt and dedicated
- Jerusalem Gate of the fountain
- Levites The list of those who returned from captivity
- Stairs Of David
- Zerubbabel Leads the Emancipated Jews back from Babylon
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible446 BC · Nehemiah Builds the Wall
Places
- Fountain GateGate · today Jerusalem · Location well established
- City of DavidTown · Location well established
- Water GateGate · today Jerusalem · Location well established
- Places in Nehemiah 12 on a map
Bible Dictionary
- DavidBeloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s...
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And at the fountain הָעַיִן hāʿayin עַיִן Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
- gate שַׁעַר šaʿar שַׁעַר Noun · masculine singular construct
- which was over against them, they went up וְעַל wĕʿal Preposition · with and וְנֶגְדָּם wĕnegdām Preposition · with and, suffix: third person masculine plural עָלוּ ʿālû עָלָה Verb · qal perfect, third person common plural עַל ʿal Preposition
- by the stairs מַעֲלוֹת maʿălôt מַעֲלָה Noun · feminine plural construct
- of the city עִיר ʿîr עִיר Noun · feminine singular construct
- of David דָּוִיד dāwîd דָּוִד Proper name
- at the going up בַּמַּעֲלֶה bammaʿălê מַעֲלֶה Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
- of the wall לַחוֹמָה laḥômâ חוֹמָה Noun · feminine singular · with preposition with the
- above the house מֵעַל mēʿal Preposition לְבֵית lĕbêt בַּיִת Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
- of David דָּוִיד dāwîd דָּוִד Proper name
- even unto the water וְעַד wĕʿad Preposition · with and הַמַּיִם hammayim מַיִם Noun · masculine plural · with the
- gate שַׁעַר šaʿar שַׁעַר Noun · masculine singular construct
- eastward מִזְרָח mizrāḥ מִזְרָח Noun · masculine singular
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