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Gate of the Foundation

Gate of the Foundation (Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 23:5 (identified with Jerusalem ). It is closely linked with Muster Gate (Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:31 (identified with Jerusalem).

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Gate of the Foundation (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 23:5 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Muster Gate (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:31 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Horse Gate (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:28 , Jer 31:40 (identified with Jerusalem).) Dung Gate (KMZ: Dung Gate . Referenced in Neh 2:13 , Neh 3:13 , Neh 3:14 , Neh 12:31 .) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Ishtar Gate of Babylon — Monumental double gate on the northern wall of inner Babylon constructed by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 575 BC during the era of Daniel and the Judean exile, clad in brilliant cobalt-blue glazed bricks embossed with alternating rows of golden lions, bulls (aurochs), and dragons (mušḫuššu). Persian Lamassu (Gate of All Nations) — Colossal carved limestone winged human-headed bull (Lamassu) guarding the Gate of All Nations built by King Xerxes I (biblical Ahasuerus of the Book of Esther and Ezra 4:6 ) at Persepolis, exemplifying the imperial Achaemenid court architecture of Esther , Ezra , and Nehemiah .

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include 2 Chronicles 23:5 : "And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord."; Joshua 6:26 : "And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho : he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn..."; 1 Kings 16:34 : "In his days did Hiel the Beth–elite build Jericho : he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub , according to the ...". Related canonical books and chapters: Psalms 87 ( Psalms • Chapter 87 (7 verses)), Ezekiel 11 ( Ezekiel • Chapter 11 (25 verses)), 2 Chronicles 23 ( 2 Chronicles • Chapter 23 (21 verses)).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Gate of the Foundation
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 23:5 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Muster Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:31 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Horse Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:28 , Jer 31:40 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Dung Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

KMZ:Dung Gate. Referenced in Neh 2:13 , Neh 3:13 , Neh 3:14 , Neh 12:31 .

Ephraim Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 14:13 , 2 Chr 25:23 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Potsherd Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 19:2 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Gate of the Guard
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Gate of Ephraim
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 8:16 , Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Beautiful Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 3:2 , Acts 3:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Corner Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 14:13 , 2 Chr 25:23 , 2 Chr 26:9 , Jer 31:38 , Zech 14:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).

People's Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 17:19 (identified with Jerusalem ).

East Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:29 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Sheep Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:1 , Neh 3:32 , Neh 12:39 , John 5:2 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Gate of Yeshanah
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:6 , Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Fish Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 33:14 , Neh 3:3 , Neh 12:39 , Zeph 1:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Fountain Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 2:14 , Neh 3:15 , Neh 12:37 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Water Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:26 , Neh 8:1 , Neh 8:3 , Neh 8:16 , Neh 12:37 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Benjamin Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 20:2 , Jer 37:13 , Jer 38:7 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Gate of Benjamin
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Zech 14:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Interactive 3D Babylonian Gate • Daniel 1–4 & 2 Kings 25

Monumental double gate on the northern wall of inner Babylon constructed by King Nebuchadnezzar II around 575 BC during the era of Daniel and the Judean exile, clad in brilliant cobalt-blue glazed bricks embossed with alternating rows of golden lions, bulls (aurochs), and dragons (mušḫuššu).

Valley Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 26:9 , Neh 2:13 , Neh 2:15 , Neh 3:13 (identified with Jerusalem ).

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VIDEO • educational

Historical video footage recording the main entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem from the coastal plain and Mediterranean port of Joppa .

Lumière Brothers Historical Cinema (1897) • Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
New Gate
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Jer 26:10 , Jer 36:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Megiddo Solomonic City Gate — Six-Chambered Iron Age Gateway
IMAGE • archaeology

Monumental six-chambered ashlar gate matching royal engineering at Hazor and Gezer ( 1 Kings 9:15 ).

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Psalms 87
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Psalms • Chapter 87 (7 verses)

His foundation is in the holy mountains. The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob . Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Zion , Rahab , Babylon , Philistia , Tyre .

Interactive 3D Royal Portal Guardian • Esther 1 & Ezra 4:6

Colossal carved limestone winged human-headed bull (Lamassu) guarding the Gate of All Nations built by King Xerxes I (biblical Ahasuerus of the Book of Esther and Ezra 4:6 ) at Persepolis, exemplifying the imperial Achaemenid court architecture of Esther , Ezra , and Nehemiah .

Interactive 3D Urban Scale Model • Daniel 1–5 & Jeremiah 50–51

Architectural scale model of Neo-Babylonian Babylon around 600 BC from the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem , showing the Euphrates River dividing the walled city, the Processional Way, the Ishtar Gate , Nebuchadnezzar's Southern Palace, and the Etemenanki ziggurat precinct.

Map of Nehemiah's Rebuilt Jerusalem Walls & Gates
IMAGE • maps

Archaeological reconstruction of the gates (Sheep, Fish, Valley, Dung, Fountain) and sectors rebuilt by the returnees.

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Ezekiel 11
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Ezekiel • Chapter 11 (25 verses)

Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. Then said h... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem , Chaldea .

2 Chronicles 23
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 23 (21 verses)

And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham , and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed , and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah , and Elishaphat the son of Zichri , into covenant with him. And they ... Mentions: Azariah (or Uzziah), Jeroham , Ishmael , Obed , Adaiah , Jerusalem , Baal .

Judith 1
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Judith • Chapter 1 (16 verses)

IN the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the Assyrians in Nineveh , the great city; in the days of Arphaxad , who reigned over the Medes in Ecbatana , and built at Ecbatana and round about it walls of hewn stones three cubits broad and six cubits long, an... Mentions: Arpachshad (or Arphaxad), Moab , Ammon , Nineveh , Ecbatana, Euphrates , Tigris , Persia .

Ezekiel 46
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Ezekiel • Chapter 46 (24 verses)

Thus saith the Lord God; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without,...

Ezekiel 9
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Ezekiel • Chapter 9 (11 verses)

He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judah , Jerusalem .

κτίσις
ktisis (ktísis) [ktis'-is]
G2937 Greek noun feminine 19x
a founding, settling, foundation

Primary meaning: a founding, settling, foundation, the act of creating. Strong's: original formation (properly, the act; by implication, the thing, literally or figuratively). Lexical nuances: a founding , settling , foundation (cl.).

Derivation: from G2936 (κτίζω);
Micah 1
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Micah • Chapter 1 (16 verses)

The word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings of Judah , which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem . Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord f... Mentions: Micah , Jotham , Ahaz , Hezekiah , Judah , Samaria , Jerusalem , Gath , Zaanan , Maroth .

Nehemiah 3
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Nehemiah • Chapter 3 (32 verses)

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. And next unto him builded the men of Jericho . And next... Mentions: Berechiah , Zadok , Uzziel , Rephaiah , Malchijah , Jericho , Gibeon , Mizpah 3 , Jerusalem , Zanoah 1 .

Scripture Passages (24)

And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord.

And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho : he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

In his days did Hiel the Beth–elite build Jericho : he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub , according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun .

His foundation is in the holy mountains.

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.

If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood:

For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ .

Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Zif:

Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,

And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month.

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