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Tower of the Ovens

Tower of the Ovens (Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:11 , Neh 12:38 (identified with Jerusalem ). It is closely linked with 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).

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Tower of the Ovens (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:11 , Neh 12:38 (identified with Jerusalem ).) 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 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 Lamentations 5:10 : "Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine."; Hosea 7:4 : "They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened."; Hosea 7:7 : "They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.". Related canonical books and chapters: Nehemiah 3 ( Nehemiah • Chapter 3 (32 verses)), Hosea 7 ( Hosea • Chapter 7 (16 verses)), Isaiah 5 ( Isaiah • Chapter 5 (30 verses)).

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

Topics, People & Places (36)

Tower of the Ovens
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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 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 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)
IMAGE • artwork

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
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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 .

Ziggurat of Ur
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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 .

Hosea 7
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Hosea • Chapter 7 (16 verses)

When I would have healed Israel , then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria : for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ephraim , Samaria , Egypt , Assyria .

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.

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 .

Malachi 4
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Malachi • Chapter 4 (6 verses)

For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name shall... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Horeb .

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 .

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 .

Psalms 18
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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 .

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.

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.

Mark 12
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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 .

Exodus 8
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Exodus • Chapter 8 (32 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me. And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up... Mentions: Moses , Aaron , Egypt , Goshen 1 .

Chios
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Biblical Place • 38.445°N, 26.063°E

now Chios. Referenced in Acts 20:15 .

ἀντίτυπον
antitypon (antítypon) [an-teet'-oo-pon]
G0499 Greek noun neuter / adjective 2x
striking back, resisting, adverse

Primary meaning: striking back, resisting, adverse, struck back. Strong's: corresponding ("antitype"), i.e. a representative, counterpart. Lexical nuances: act. striking back ; metaph., resisting , adverse .

Derivation: neuter of a compound of G473 (ἀντί) and G5179 (τύπος);
Ammon
56% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.950°N, 35.924°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 2:19 , Deut 2:37 , Judg 11:27 , 2 Chr 20:10 , 2 Chr 20:22 , 2 Chr 20:23 .

Hadashah
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Biblical Place • 31.680°N, 34.696°E

now Ibdis. Referenced in Josh 15:37 .

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 .

Nehemiah 12
Connected via Tower of the Ovens 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 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
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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 .

Judith 7
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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.

Psalms 21
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Psalms • Chapter 21 (13 verses)

The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold...

Numbers 10:2
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Numbers Chapter 10, Verse 2

Scripture passage in Numbers 10:2

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 .

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 .

διάβολος
diabolos (diábolos) [dee-ab'-ol-os]
G1228 Greek noun masculine / adjective 35x
slanderous, accusing falsely, a slanderer, false accuser, Satan, the Accuser, the Devil

Primary meaning: slanderous, accusing falsely, a slanderer, false accuser, Satan, the Accuser, the Devil. Strong's: a traducer; specially, Satan (compare H07854). Lexical nuances: slanderous, accusing falsely . As subst., ὁ, ἡ, δ. ;

Derivation: from G1225 (διαβάλλω);
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 .

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.

Scripture Passages (24)

Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.

Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.

For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.

And if thou bring an oblation of a grain offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.

And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it.

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

If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

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.

And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:

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

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

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