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.
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.
By the spring gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of David’s city, at the ascent of the wall, above David’s house, even to the water gate eastward.
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the fountain gate
- Nehemiah 2:14; Nehemiah 3:15, 16
- the stairs
- Jerusalem was built on very uneven ground, some hills being enclosed within the walls, there was a necessity, therefore, for steps, by which to ascend and descend; probably similar to what is seen in the city of Bristol.
- Nehemiah 3:15; 2 Samuel 5:7–9
- water gate
- Nehemiah 3:26; Nehemiah 8:1, 3, 16