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Neh. 3:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But thev fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

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2 Chron. 33:14• ¹⁴And after this he built the outer wall of the city of David, on the west, toward Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the fish-gate, and carried it round Ophel, and raised it up a very great height; and he put captains of war in all the fortified cities of Judah. (2 Chron. 33:14)

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Zeph. 1:10• ¹⁰And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish-gate, and a howling from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills. (Zeph. 1:10)

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the fish gate.

Neh. 12:39• ³⁹and from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the gate of the old wall, and above the fish-gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even to the sheep-gate; and they stood still in the prison-gate. (Neh. 12:39)

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2 Chron. 33:14• ¹⁴And after this he built the outer wall of the city of David, on the west, toward Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the fish-gate, and carried it round Ophel, and raised it up a very great height; and he put captains of war in all the fortified cities of Judah. (2 Chron. 33:14)

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Zeph. 1:10• ¹⁰And in that day, saith Jehovah, there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish-gate, and a howling from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills. (Zeph. 1:10)

the beams.

Neh. 3:6• ⁶And the gate of the old wall repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodiah; they laid its beams, and set up its doors, and its locks, and its bars. (Neh. 3:6)

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Neh. 2:8• ⁸and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertains to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. (Neh. 2:8)

the doors.

Neh. 6:1• ¹And it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobijah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left in it (though at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates), (Neh. 6:1)

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Neh. 7:1• ¹And it came to pass when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, that the doorkeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed. (Neh. 7:1)

• Of all the city gates, only ten are mentioned. We know that there were at least two other gates: the gate of Ephraim and the Prison gate (Neh. 12:39). In presenting just ten, I believe that there is an intended spiritual application, just as we find with the seven churches of Revelation. Certainly, the choice of ten suggests responsibility before God — there were ten commandments written on the two tables of stone (Deut. 4:13), and there were ten virgins (Matt. 25). Simon la138674 (“The Gates - Neh. 3:1-32” by N. Simon)

• This was probably the gate through which fish traders brought their fish into the city (Neh. 3:3). Although the wall of Jerusalem clearly speaks of separation, it was not without gates. Likewise, as Christians, we are not called upon to live in isolation. The gates of the city provided entry, in this case for fish to be brought in to the city, and egress, so one could go fishing!...When the Lord called Peter and Andrew, He told them that He would make them fishers of men, instead of fishermen (Mark 1:17). (“The Gates - Neh. 3:1-32” by N. Simon)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the fish-gate did the sons of Senaahg build: they laid its beams, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars.

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Or "Hassenaah."