Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.

The gate of ephraim

The old

The prison

General references

Bible References

The gate of ephraim

Nehemiah 8:16
So the people went forth and brought them and made themselves booths, each one upon the roof of his house and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God and in the plaza of the water gate and in the plaza of the gate of Ephraim.
2 Kings 14:13
Furthermore, Jehoash, king of Israel, took Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Jehoash, the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

The old

Nehemiah 3:6
Moreover, the old gate was restored by Jehoiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

The fish gate

Nehemiah 3:3
And the sons of Hassenaah built the fish gate; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.
Zephaniah 1:10
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate and a howling from the school and a great destruction from the hills.

The tower

Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib, the high priest, rose up with his brethren, the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
Jeremiah 31:38
Behold, the days come, said the LORD, and the city shall be built unto the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner.

The sheep

Nehemiah 3:32
And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate, the refiners and the merchants restored.
John 5:2
Now in Jerusalem there is a pool by the sheep gate, which in Hebrew is called, Bethesda, having five porches.

The prison

Nehemiah 3:25
Palal, the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lies out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah, the son of Parosh.

General references

Nehemiah 3:6
Moreover, the old gate was restored by Jehoiada, the son of Paseah, and Meshullam, the son of Besodeiah; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.