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Ophel

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: O

By: James P. Boyd

Narrator: Chris Genthree

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(hill). A fortified hill in Jerusalem (2 Chron. 27:3³He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. (2 Chronicles 27:3); Neh. 3:26; 11:21²⁶Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. (Nehemiah 3:26)
²¹But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims. (Nehemiah 11:21)).

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