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 Nethinim: sons of Ziha, sons of Hasupha, sons of Tabbaoth,
Nehemiah 10:28
And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the Nethinim, and every one who hath been separated from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every knowing intelligent one,
1 Chronicles 9:2
And the first inhabitants, who are in their possession, in their cities, of Israel, are the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim.
Ezra 2:43
The Nethinim: sons of Ziha, sons of Hasupha, sons of Tabbaoth,
Ophel
Nehemiah 3:27
After him have the Tekoites strengthened, a second measure, from over-against the great tower that goeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel.
Nehemiah 11:21
and the Nethinim are dwelling in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa are over the Nethinim.
2 Chronicles 27:3
He hath built the upper gate of the house of Jehovah, and in the wall of Ophel he hath built abundantly;
2 Chronicles 33:14
And after this he hath built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west of Gihon, in the valley, and at the entering in at the fish-gate, and it hath gone round to the tower, and he maketh it exceeding high, and he putteth heads of the force in all the cities of the bulwarks in Judah.
The water
Nehemiah 8:1
And all the people are gathered as one man unto the broad place that is before the water-gate, and they say to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, that Jehovah commanded Israel.
Nehemiah 12:37
and by the gate of the fountain and over-against them, they have gone up by the steps of the city of David, at the going up of the wall beyond the house of David, and unto the water-gate eastward.