Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.
Nethinims
The water
Bible References
Nethinims
Nehemiah 7:46
The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
Nehemiah 10:28
Now the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, all those who had knowledge and understanding,
1 Chronicles 9:2 Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites and the temple servants.
Ezra 2:43
The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,
Ophel
Nehemiah 3:27
After them the Tekoites repaired another section in front of the great projecting tower and as far as the wall of Ophel.
Nehemiah 11:21
But the temple servants were living in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of the temple servants.
2 Chronicles 27:3
He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and he built extensively the wall of Ophel.
2 Chronicles 33:14
Now after this he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel with it and made it very high. Then he put army commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah.
The water
Nehemiah 8:1
And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.
Nehemiah 12:37
At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the city of David by the stairway of the wall above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.