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Nehemiah 3:1

EliashibSheep GateTowerTower
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.

2 The men of Jericho built next to Eliashib, and Zaccur son of Imri built next to them.

3 The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

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BSB
At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
KJV
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
WEB
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate. They sanctified it, and set up its doors. They sanctified it even to the tower of Hammeah, to the tower of Hananel.
ASV
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.
DARBY
And Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they built the sheep-gate. They hallowed it, and set up its doors; and they hallowed it even to the tower of Meah, to the tower of Hananeel.
BLB
And Eliashib the high priest rose up, and his brothers the priests, and they built the Gate of the Sheep. They consecrated it and hung its doors, and they built as far as the Tower of the Hundred [and] consecrated it as far as the Tower of Hananel.
ÅB
Ypperstepresten Eljasib og hans brødre og prestene gjorde seg rede og bygget Saueporten; de helliget den og satte inn dørene; så bygget de videre til Mea-tårnet, som de helliget, og videre fram til Hananel-tårnet.
OTB
Eliasjib, ypperstepresten, sammen med sine medprester, begynte arbeidet på Fåreporten. De innviet den og satte inn dørene. De fortsatte innvielsen opp til Hundretårnet og Hananeltårnet.
B1930
Ypperstepresten Eljasib og hans brødre og prestene gjorde sig rede og bygget Fåreporten; de helliget den og satte inn dørene; så bygget de videre til Mea-tårnet, som de helliget, og videre frem til Hananel-tårnet.

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  • Nehemiah 12:39

    over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

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  • Jeremiah 31:38

    “The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

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  • John 5:2

    Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.

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  • Zechariah 14:10

    All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.

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  • Nehemiah 13:28

    Even one of the sons of Jehoiada son of Eliashib the high priest had become a son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. Therefore I drove him away from me.

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  • Nehemiah 3:32

    And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.

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  • Proverbs 3:9

    Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;

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  • Nehemiah 6:1

    When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and not a gap was left—though to that time I had not yet installed the doors in the gates—

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