By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of David’s city, at the ascent of the wall, above David’s house, even to the water gate eastward.
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By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of David’s city, at the ascent of the wall, above David’s house, even to the water gate eastward.
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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.
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and by the fountain gate, and straight before 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.
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Passages linked to Nehemiah 12:37 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Nehemiah 2:14 Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king’s pool, but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
- Nehemiah 3:26 (Now the temple servants lived in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)
- Nehemiah 8:1 All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.
- Nehemiah 8:3 He read from it before the wide place that was in front of the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand. The ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law.
- Nehemiah 8:16 So the people went out, and brought them, and made themselves temporary shelters, everyone on the roof of his house, in their courts, in the courts of God’s house, in the wide place of the water gate, and in the wide place of Ephraim’s gate.
- 2 Samuel 5:7-9 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city. David said on that day, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites, let him go up to the watercourse and strike those lame and blind, who are hated by David’s soul.” Therefore they say, “The blind and the lame can’t come into the house.” David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.
- Nehemiah 3:15-16 Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah repaired the spring gate. He built it, and covered it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the pool of Shelah by the king’s garden, even to the stairs that go down from David’s city. After him, Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs to the place opposite the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Which was the going up to the mount Zion,…
Which was the going up to the mount Zion, which is called the city of David.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The stairs of the city of David; by which…
The stairs of the city of David; by which they went up to the hill of Zion, and city of David.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So stood the two companies of them that gave…
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God,.... Having made their procession on the wall in different ways, they met in the temple, that is, in the great court of it, for no other would hold them:
and I, and the half of the rulers with me; Nehemiah, and the other half with Hoshaiah, Neh 12:32.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Neh 12:37-38. By the stairs of the city of…
Neh 12:37-38. By the stairs of the city of David — By which they went up to the hill of Zion and the city of David. The other company that gave thanks went over against them — Namely, on the other side of the city, northward and eastward. Even unto the broad wall — Which they had made thicker and stronger than the rest of the wall, for some special reason.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Above the house of David - This choir or…
Above the house of David - This choir or procession went above (or beyond) the old palace of David, following the line described in Neh 3:16-26, on their way to the eastern wall.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And, &c. Protestants, "And the other company of them…
And, &c. Protestants, "And the other company of them that gave thanks." --- And upon. Hebrew, "beyond." This company (Haydock) proceeded northward. (Calmet)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 37. At the fountain gate — Near the pool…
37. At the fountain gate — Near the pool or fountain of Siloam.
Neh_3:15.
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Which was over against them — Rather, and before them, (נגדם,) referring not to the position of the gate but to the advance of the procession. The word is here used as in Jos_6:5; Jos_6:20, in the sense of straight forwards. The procession passed by the fountain-gate, and straight forwards they went up by the stairs of the city of David. These stairs were situated somewhere on the eastern slope of Zion. Neh_3:15.
At the going up of the wall — Or, in the ascent to the wall. The exact meaning is difficult to determine. The reference may be to some ascent by which the procession moved up to the wall, or went up upon it; or to some rise of ground over which the wall itself was built. Bertheau thinks it was an ascent by which the procession mounted upon the wall, having descended from it at some previous point.
Above the house of David — The probable meaning is, opposite to the building or place where David once had his royal dwelling.
Unto the water gate — Somewhere in the vicinity of the bridge over the Tyropoeon, which connected mounts Zion and Moriah. Neh_3:26. It opened upon a broad street in which the people gathered to hear the law read. Neh_8:1. In this broad place, perhaps, both processions united, and marched together to the house of God. Neh_12:40.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 37. at (R.V. by) the fountain gate] For the…
37. at (R.V. by) the fountain gate] For the position of this gate, see note on Neh_3:15.
which was over against them] R.V. and straight before them. Apparently at this point, instead of following the wall round the spurs of the Ophel, the procession went straight on up the steps ascending the brow of the hill.
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the stairs of the city of David] Cf. Neh_3:26.
above the house of David] This traditional site seems to have been on the S.E. angle of Ophel. The procession keeping to the ridge above it, moved along in a direction due north, ‘even unto the water gate, eastward,’ i.e. E. of the Temple.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain At the fountain gate. See above, Neh_2:14 and Neh_3:15.…
At the fountain gate. See above, Neh_2:14 and Neh_3:15. Which was over against them. There is no "which was" in the original; and it was clearly not the gate, but the steps, that were "over against them." They came to the fountain gate in the course of their perambulation of the wall, and there saw, "opposite to them," the steps that led up to the city of David. By these they ascended the eastern hill, and mounting upon the wall once more, followed its course until they reached the water gate," which overlooked the Kidron valley, (Neh_3:26) where they stopped. Above the house of David. See the comment on Neh_3:25.
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