Nehemiah 12:37 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 12:37

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

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַל֩	ve.'Al	and over	H5921 →
שַׁ֨עַר	Sha.'ar	[the] gate of	H8179 →
הָעַ֜יִן	ha.'A.yin	the spring	H5869 →
וְנֶגְדָּ֗ם	ve.neg.Dam	and before themselves	H5048 →
עָלוּ֙	'a.Lu	they went up	H5927 →
עַֽל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מַעֲלוֹת֙	ma.'a.lOt	[the] steps of	H4609 →
עִ֣יר	'ir	[the] city of	H5892 →
דָּוִ֔יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
בַּֽמַּעֲלֶ֖ה	ba.ma.'a.Leh	at the ascent	H4608 →
לַחוֹמָ֑ה	la.cho.Mah	to the wall	H2346 →
מֵעַל֙	me.'Al	from above	H5921 →
לְבֵ֣ית	le.Veit	to [the] house of	H1004 →
דָּוִ֔יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
וְעַ֛ד	ve.'Ad	and to	H5704 →
שַׁ֥עַר	Sha.'ar	[the] gate of	H8179 →
הַמַּ֖יִם	ha.Ma.yim	the water	H4325 →
מִזְרָֽח׃	miz.Rach	east	H4217 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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…
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 independent 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.
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 independent 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;
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…
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…