Nehemiah 3:1

Easy To Read Version

The name of the high priest was Eliashib. Eliashib and his brothers the priests went to work and built the Sheep Gate. They prayed and made that gate holy to the Lord. They set its doors in place in the wall. Those priests worked on the wall of Jerusalem as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. They prayed and made their work holy to the Lord.

Cross References

Nehemiah 12:10

Jeshua was the father of Joiakim. Joiakim was the father of Eliashib. Eliashib was the father of Joiada.

Nehemiah 12:30

So, the priests and Levites made themselves pure in a ceremony. Then they also made the people, the gates, and the wall of Jerusalem pure in a ceremony.

Nehemiah 12:39

Then they went over these gates: the Gate of Ephraim, the Old Gate, and the Fish Gate. And they went over the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred. They went as far as the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Guard Gate.

Nehemiah 13:28

Joiada was the son of Eliashib the high priest. One of Joiada’s sons was a son-in-law of Sanballat from Horon. I forced that man to leave this place. I forced him to run away.

Nehemiah 3:20

Baruch son of Zabbai fixed the next section. Baruch worked very hard and fixed the section of wall from the corner to the entrance to the house of Eliashib the high priest.

Nehemiah 3:21

Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, fixed the next section of wall from the entrance to Eliashib’s house to the end of that house.

Nehemiah 3:32

The goldsmiths and the businessmen fixed the section of wall between the room over the corner to the Sheep Gate.

Nehemiah 6:1

Then Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and our other enemies heard that I had built the wall. We fixed all the holes in the wall. But we had not yet put the doors in the gates.

Nehemiah 7:1

So, we finished building the wall. Then we put the doors in the gates. Then we chose the men that would guard the gates. And we chose the men to sing in the temple {\cf2\super [21]} and help the priests.

Psalm 30:1

Lord, you lifted me up out of my troubles.\par You did not let my enemies \{defeat me\par and\} laugh at me.\par So I will show honor to you.\par

Psalm 48:12

Walk around Zion.\par Look at the city.\par Count the towers.\par

Proverbs 3:6

Think about God in all that you do. Then he will help you.

Proverbs 3:9

Honor the Lord with your wealth. Give him the best you have.

Jeremiah 31:38

This message is from the Lord, “The days are coming when the city of Jerusalem will be built again for the Lord. The whole city will be built again—from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

Daniel 9:25

“Learn these things, Daniel. Understand these things! From the time that the message went out to go back and build Jerusalem again until the time for the chosen king {\cf2\super [109]} to come will be seven weeks. {\cf2\super [110]} Then Jerusalem will be built again. There will again be places for people to meet together in Jerusalem. And there will be a ditch around the city to protect it. Jerusalem will be built for 62 weeks. {\cf2\super [111]} But there will be many troubles during that time.

Zechariah 14:10

At that time, the whole area around Jerusalem will become \{empty\} like the Arabah desert. The country will be like a desert from Geba to Rimmon in the Negev. But the whole city of Jerusalem will be built again—from Benjamin Gate to the First Gate (that is, the Corner Gate) and from the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses.

John 5:2

In Jerusalem there is a pool with five covered porches. In the Jewish language {\cf2\super [73]} it is called Bethzatha. {\cf2\super [74]} This pool is near the Sheep Gate.

Deuteronomy 20:5

“Those {Levite} officers will say to the soldiers, ‘Is there any man here that has built a new house, but has not yet dedicated it? That man should go back home. He might be killed in the battle. And then another person will dedicate that man’s house.