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Nehemiah 12:37

in Nehemiah 12

At the Fountain Gate they climbed the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And by the fountain gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

KJV

And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

This verse in Nehemiah 12

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
Above the house of David - This choir or procession went above (or beyond) the old palace of David, following the line described in Neh 3:16-26, on their way to the eastern wall.

This site's exposition

two great thanksgiving choirs

on Nehemiah 12:31-37

Nehemiah appoints "two great thanksgiving choirs," the first proceeding "to the right, toward the Dung Gate". The choir climbs "the steps of the City of David" past the house of David to the Water Gate, where Ezra had read the law. "Ezra the scribe led the procession."

This site's exposition

At the Fountain Gate they climbed

The route retraces chapter 3, where Shallun rebuilt the Fountain Gate and the wall as far as the stairs from the City of David. Barnes follows the choir past David's old palace along the line of 3:16-26 to the eastern wall. The builders' list became the choir's map.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah · Written before 735.

proposed

And they went up against them on the steps of the city of David, etc. Above, when the city was being built, it was said: Those who built the gate of the fountain continued their measure of work up to the steps descending from the …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And at the fountain gate, which was over against them,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

It also contained the temple which was hallowed by the manifestation of His presence, and anew set apart to His service. It was on these accounts that Jerusalem was called "the holy city," and by this public and solemn act of religious observance, after a long period of neglect and desecration, it was, as it were, restored to its rightful proprietor.

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְעַל֩and over

    vealH5921 →5755 times

  • שַׁ֨עַר[the] gate of

    shaarH8179 →374 times

  • הָעַ֜יִןthe spring

    haayinH5869 →887 times

  • וְנֶגְדָּ֗םand before themselves

    venegdamH5048 →151 times

  • עָלוּ֙they went up

    ʾaluH5927 →890 times

  • עַֽל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • מַעֲלוֹת֙[the] steps of

    maalotH4609 →

  • עִ֣יר[the] city of

    ʾirH5892 →1090 times

  • דָּוִ֔ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • בַּֽמַּעֲלֶ֖הat the ascent

    bamaalehH4608 →

  • לַחוֹמָ֑הto the wall

    lachomahH2346 →133 times

  • מֵעַל֙from above

    mealH5921 →5755 times

  • לְבֵ֣יתto [the] house of

    leveitH1004 →2046 times

  • דָּוִ֔ידDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • וְעַ֛דand to

    veadH5704 →1261 times

  • שַׁ֥עַר[the] gate of

    shaarH8179 →374 times

  • הַמַּ֖יִםthe water

    hamayimH4325 →581 times

  • מִזְרָֽח׃east

    mizrachH4217 →74 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 8:1

    At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD…

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 3:26

      and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Ezra 7:6

      this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for…

    • 2 Chronicles 34:15

      And Hilkiah said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan.

  • Through

    Nehemiah 3:26

    and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 8:3

      So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Nehemiah 8:1

      At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD…

  • Through

    Nehemiah 2:14

    Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 3:15

      The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of…

    • 2 Kings 20:20

      As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in…

  • Through

    Nehemiah 8:16

    And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate…

    it leads to

    • 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…

Where this verse is studied

About Nehemiah

Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Nehemiah Views the Ruins of Jerusalem's Walls, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.