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Tower of Hananel

Tower of Hananel (Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:1 , Neh 12:39 , Jer 31:38 , Zech 14:10 (identified with Jerusalem ). It is closely linked with Tower of the Hundred (Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:1 , Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem).

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Tower of Hananel (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:1 , Neh 12:39 , Jer 31:38 , Zech 14:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Tower of the Hundred (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:1 , Neh 12:39 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Tower of the Ovens (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:11 , Neh 12:38 (identified with Jerusalem).) Tower of Shechem (Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 9:46 , Judg 9:47 , Judg 9:49 (identified with Shechem ).) 3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Ziggurat of Ur — Three-tiered stepped mudbrick and baked-brick ziggurat erected by King Ur-Nammu at Ur in southern Mesopotamia , featuring three converging monumental staircases ascending toward a summit shrine—illustrating the monumental Mesopotamian temple-tower architecture behind Genesis 11 . Second Temple of Jerusalem ( Herod's Temple ) — Reconstruction of the expanded Second Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem during the life and ministry of Jesus and the early Church—featuring the towering white-stone and gold Sanctuary facade, the Court of the Women, Court of the Gentiles, Solomon's Portico , the Royal Stoa, and the Antonia Fortress.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Judges 9:52 : "And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire."; Isaiah 2:15 : "And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,"; Song of Solomon 7:4 : "Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon , by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus .". Related canonical books and chapters: Nehemiah 3 ( Nehemiah • Chapter 3 (32 verses)), Habakkuk 2 ( Habakkuk • Chapter 2 (20 verses)), Psalms 61 ( Psalms • Chapter 61 (8 verses)).

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

Topics, People & Places (36)

Tower of Hananel
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Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:1 , Neh 12:39 , Jer 31:38 , Zech 14:10 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Tower of the Hundred
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

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

Tower of the Ovens
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:11 , Neh 12:38 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Tower of Shechem
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Biblical Place • Shechem • 32.214°N, 35.282°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Judg 9:46 , Judg 9:47 , Judg 9:49 (identified with Shechem ).

Gustave Doré — The Tower of Babel (1866)
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The ambitious ziggurat climbing toward heaven and the confusion of human tongues across the nations.

Gustave Doré / La Grande Bible de Tours • La Grande Bible de Tours (1866) Public Domain Mark 1.0
Nehemiah 3
90% Chapter
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 .

Habakkuk 2
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Habakkuk • Chapter 2 (20 verses)

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision ... Mentions: Lebanon .

Ziggurat of Ur
75% 3D Model
Interactive 3D Mesopotamian Ziggurat • Genesis 11:1–9 & 11:31

Three-tiered stepped mudbrick and baked-brick ziggurat erected by King Ur-Nammu at Ur in southern Mesopotamia , featuring three converging monumental staircases ascending toward a summit shrine—illustrating the monumental Mesopotamian temple-tower architecture behind Genesis 11 .

Psalms 61
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Psalms • Chapter 61 (8 verses)

Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

Psalms 18
72% Chapter
Psalms • Chapter 18 (50 verses)

I will love thee, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from ... Mentions: David .

Isaiah 5
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Isaiah • Chapter 5 (30 verses)

Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made ... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Jerusalem .

Psalms 144
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Psalms • Chapter 144 (15 verses)

Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or th... Mentions: David .

Interactive 3D Architectural Model • Luke 2, John 2 & Acts 3

Reconstruction of the expanded Second Temple Mount complex in Jerusalem during the life and ministry of Jesus and the early Church—featuring the towering white-stone and gold Sanctuary facade, the Court of the Women, Court of the Gentiles, Solomon's Portico , the Royal Stoa, and the Antonia Fortress.

Mark 12
64% Chapter
Mark • Chapter 12 (44 verses)

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel .

Interactive 3D Archaeological Complex • Isaiah 40:3

3D photogrammetry reconstruction of the Khirbet Qumran settlement plateau overlooking the Dead Sea in the Judean Wilderness, featuring the watchtower, scriptorium, communal dining hall, aqueduct-fed ritual immersion pools (miqva'ot), and adjacent marl scroll caves.

Genesis 11
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Genesis • Chapter 11 (32 verses)

And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had br... Mentions: Shem , Arpachshad (or Arphaxad ), Eber (or Heber ), Peleg , Reu , Shinar , Babel , Terah , Haran , Canaan .

2 Samuel 22
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2 Samuel • Chapter 22 (51 verses)

And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul : And he said, The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my ... Mentions: David , Saul .

Proverbs 18
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Proverbs • Chapter 18 (24 verses)

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

2 Chronicles 26
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 26 (23 verses)

Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah , who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah . He built Eloth , and restored it to Judah , after that the king slept with his fathers. Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fift... Mentions: Judah, Azariah (or Uzziah), Amaziah , Zechariah , Ammonites , Eloth , Jerusalem , Gath , Jabneh , Ashdod .

2 Chronicles 27
56% Chapter
2 Chronicles • Chapter 27 (9 verses)

Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem . His mother's name also was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok . And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he ent... Mentions: Jotham , Zadok , Azariah (or Uzziah), Judah , Ammonites , Jerusalem , Ophel , Ammon .

The Fourth Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 13 (27 verses)

If then, the seven brethren despised troubles even to death, it is confessed on all sides that righteous reasoning is absolute master over the passions. For just as if, had they as slaves to the passions, eaten of the unholy, we should have said that they had been conquered by th... Mentions: Isaac , Abram/Abraham , Jacob/Israel , Assyria .

Song of Solomon • Chapter 7 (13 verses)

How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. Thy two breasts ... Mentions: Heshbon , Lebanon , Damascus , Carmel .

Song of Solomon • Chapter 4 (16 verses)

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead . Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, an... Mentions: David , Gilead , Lebanon , Amana , Senir , Hermon .

Isaiah 21
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Isaiah • Chapter 21 (17 verses)

The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam : besiege, O Media ; all th... Mentions: Elam , Jacob/Israel , Media , Babylon , Dumah 1 , Seir .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 5 (68 verses)

And it came to pass, when the Gentiles round about heard that the altar was built, and the sanctuary dedicated as aforetime, they were exceeding angry. And they took counsel to destroy the race of Jacob that was in the midst of them, and they began to kill and destroy among the p... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Judas , Esau ( Edom ), Ammon , Simon , Esau, Jazer , Gilead , Galilee .

Zechariah 14
Connected via Tower of Hananel 53% Chapter
Zechariah • Chapter 14 (21 verses)

Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and ... Mentions: Azariah (or Uzziah ), Judah , Benjamin , Jerusalem , Azal , Geba 1 , Rimmon 2 , Egypt .

Luke 13
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Luke • Chapter 13 (35 verses)

There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? I tell you,... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel , Siloam , Jerusalem .

Jeremiah 31
Connected via Tower of Hananel 53% Chapter
Jeremiah • Chapter 31 (40 verses)

At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel , and they shall be my people. Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel , when I went to cause him to rest. The Lord hath appeared of old... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Ephraim , Judah , Samaria , Zion , Ramah 1 , Egypt .

Nehemiah 12
Connected via Tower of Hananel 53% Chapter
Nehemiah • Chapter 12 (47 verses)

Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel , and Jeshua : Seraiah , Jeremiah , Ezra , Amariah , Malluch, Hattush, Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, Mentions: Zerubbabel , Shealtiel , Seraiah , Ezra , Amariah , Jeshua , Jerusalem , Gilgal 1 , Geba 1 , Azmaveth .

2 Chronicles 14
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 14 (15 verses)

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David : and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God: For he took away the altars of the strange gods, ... Mentions: Abijah , David , Asa, Judah , Benjamin , Mareshah , Gerar , Jerusalem .

Judges 8
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Judges • Chapter 8 (35 verses)

And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes ... Mentions: Ephraim , Midian , Joash , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Jordan , Succoth 1 , Penuel .

Judith 7
52% Chapter
Judith • Chapter 7 (32 verses)

But the next day Holofernes gave command to all his army, and to all his people which were come to be his allies, that they should remove their camp toward Bethulia, and take beforehand the ascents of the hill country, and make war against the children of Israel . And every mighty... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Esau ( Edom ), Moab , Ammon , Asshur , Esau.

Ezekiel 26
51% Chapter
Ezekiel • Chapter 26 (21 verses)

And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, because that Tyre hath said against Jerusalem , Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, ... Mentions: Tyre , Jerusalem , Babylon .

2 Chronicles 32
51% Chapter
2 Chronicles • Chapter 32 (33 verses)

After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah , and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jer... Mentions: Judah , Hezekiah , David , Jacob/Israel , Jeshaiah ( Isaiah ), Assyria , Jerusalem , Millo , Lachish , Gihon 2 .

Zephaniah 3
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Zephaniah • Chapter 3 (20 verses)

Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the Lord; she drew not near to her God. Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ethiopia , Zion , Jerusalem .

Scripture Passages (24)

And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire.

And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall,

Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon , by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus .

And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.

Walk about Zion , and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.

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.

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 he beat down the tower of Penuel , and slew the men of the city.

For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.

A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers.

Habakkuk 2:1 (KJV)
Habakkuk 2 KJV

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.

And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.

Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah , and in the forests he built castles and towers.

And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.

Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers?

I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.

After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel .

He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza , and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.

And he spake also unto the men of Penuel , saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath–moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

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