King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down 180 metres of Jerusalem’s wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
Nehemiah 12:39 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised above the Ephraim Gate, and by the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate and by the Fish Gate and by the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of Hammeah, even to the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard. American Standard Version (1901) and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the gate of the guard. Common English Bible past the Gate of Ephraim and over the Mishneh Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred as far as the Sheep Gate. They came to a stop at the Gate of the Guard. Catholic Public Domain Version And the two choirs of those who gave praise stood still at the house of God, with myself and one half part of the magistrates who were with me. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the two choirs of them that gave praise stood still at the house of God: and I and the half of the magistrates with me. |
King Jehoash of Israel captured Judah’s King Amaziah son of Joash, son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down 180 metres of Jerusalem’s wall from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate.
The two thanksgiving processions stood in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials accompanying me,
The high priest Eliashib and his fellow priests began rebuilding the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated it.
Palal son of Uzai made repairs opposite the Angle and tower that juts out from the king’s upper palace, , by the courtyard of the guard. Beside him Pedaiah son of Parosh
The sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.
The people went out, brought back branches, and made shelters for themselves on each of their rooftops and courtyards, the court of the house of God, the square by the Water Gate, and the square by the Ephraim Gate.
‘Look, the days are coming’ #– #the Lord’s declaration #– #‘when the city from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate will be rebuilt for the Lord.
At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and the prophet Jeremiah was imprisoned in the guard’s courtyard in the palace of the king of Judah.
On that day – this is the Lord’s declaration – there will be an outcry from the Fish Gate, a wailing from the Second District, and a loud crashing from the hills.
By the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool, called Bethesda in Aramaic, which has five colonnades.