Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The fountain gate

Water gate

Bible References

The fountain gate

Nehemiah 2:14
I proceeded to the Fountain Gate, and then to the King's Pool, but there wasn't sufficient clearance for the animal I was riding to pass.
Nehemiah 3:15
Colhozeh's son Shallum, ruling official of the Mizpah district, repaired the Fountain Gate, reconstructing it, installing its doors, its locks, and its security bars, as well as the Pool of Shelach near the royal garden as far as the stairway that descends from the City of David.

The stairs

Nehemiah 3:15
Colhozeh's son Shallum, ruling official of the Mizpah district, repaired the Fountain Gate, reconstructing it, installing its doors, its locks, and its security bars, as well as the Pool of Shelach near the royal garden as far as the stairway that descends from the City of David.
2 Samuel 5:7
Even so, David captured the stronghold of Zion, which is now known as the City of David.

Water gate

Nehemiah 3:26
(Now the Temple Servants were living on the Ophel as far as the Water Gate that faces eastward with its prominent tower.)

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