Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded 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.
Sanctified it
The tower
Bible References
Sanctified it
Nehemiah 12:30
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, - and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
Deuteronomy 20:5
Then shall the officers speak unto the people saying, Who is the man that hath built a new house and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return unto his house, - lest he die in the battle, and, another man dedicate it.
Psalm 30:1
I will extol thee, O Yahweh, for thou hast drawn me up, - and not suffered my foes to rejoice over me.
The tower
Nehemiah 12:39
and above the gate of Ephraim, and upon the old gate, and upon the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even as far as the sheep-gate, - and they came to a stand, at the gate of the guard.
Jeremiah 31:38
Lo days, are coming, Declareth Yahweh, That the city shall be built for Yahweh, From the tower of Hananeel, As far as the gate of the corner;
Zechariah 14:10
All the land shall turn into a plain, from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem, - and shall lift herself on high and abide in her own place, from the gate of Benjamin up to the place of the first gate, up to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel up to the wine-presses of the king.