Nehemiah 3:26

Easy To Read Version

The temple servants lived on Ophel Hill. They fixed the next section all the way to the east side of the Water Gate and the tower near it.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 9:2

The first people to come back and live in their own lands and towns were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and servants that work in the temple. {\cf2\super [85]}

2 Chronicles 27:3

Jotham built again the Upper Gate of the Lord’s temple. He did much building on the wall at the place named Ophel.

2 Chronicles 33:14

After that happened, Manasseh built an outer wall for the City of David. {\cf2\super [410]} This wall went to the west of Gihon Spring in \{Kidron\} Valley, to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and around the hill of Ophel. {\cf2\super [411]} He made the wall very tall. Then he put officers in all the fortresses {\cf2\super [412]} in Judah.

Nehemiah 11:21

The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel. Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of those temple servants.

Nehemiah 12:37

They went to the Fountain Gate. They walked up the stairs all the way to the City of David. {\cf2\super [75]} They were on top of the city wall. They walked over the house of David and went toward the Water Gate.

Nehemiah 3:27

The men from Tekoa fixed the rest of that section from the big tower all the way to the Ophel wall.

Nehemiah 8:1

So all the people of Israel met together in the seventh month {\cf2\super [42]} of the year. They were together and in agreement just as if they were one man. They all met together in the open place in front of the Water Gate. All those people asked Ezra the teacher to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses. That is the Law that the Lord had given to the people of Israel.

Nehemiah 8:16

So the people went out and got those tree branches. Then they built temporary shelters for themselves. They built shelters on their own roofs and in their own yards. And they built shelters in the temple {\cf2\super [47]} yard, in the open place near the Water Gate, and near Ephraim Gate.

Nehemiah 8:3

Ezra read in a loud voice from the Book of the Law from early morning until noon. Ezra was facing the open place that was in front of the Water Gate. He read to all the men and women, and to everyone old enough to listen and understand. All the people listened carefully and paid attention to the Book of the Law.

Isaiah 32:14

People will leave the capital city. The palace and towers will be left empty. People will not live in houses—they will live in caves. Wild donkeys and sheep will live in the city—animals will go there to eat grass.