Topic
Sheep-gate
4 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Nehemiah 3:1Easton · ISBE · Nave An ancient gate of Jerusalem
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.
- Nehemiah 3:32Easton · ISBE · Nave An ancient gate of Jerusalem
And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants.
- Nehemiah 12:39Easton · ISBE · Nave An ancient gate of Jerusalem
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.
- John 5:2ISBE · Nave An ancient gate of Jerusalem
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
One of the gates of Jerusalem mentioned by Nehemiah (3:1, 32; 12:39). It was in the eastern wall of the city.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.