Water Gate
Water Gate (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 ). It is closely linked with Ezekiel 47 ( Ezekiel • Chapter 47 (23 verses)): Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side o... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Joseph , Tamar , Hethlon , Zedad , Hamath , Berothah , Sibraim .
Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture
Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Water Gate (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:26 , Neh 8:1 , Neh 8:3 , Neh 8:16 , Neh 12:37 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Gate of the Foundation (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Chr 23:5 (identified with Jerusalem ).) Ephraim Gate (Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 14:13 , 2 Chr 25:23 (identified with Jerusalem).) Horse Gate (Ancient biblical location referenced in Neh 3:28 , Jer 31:40 (identified with Jerusalem).) 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).
Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context
Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Ezekiel 47:2 : "Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on..."; Nehemiah 3:26 : "Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel , unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out."; Nehemiah 12:37 : "And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David , at the going up of the wall, above the house of David , even unto the water g...". Related canonical books and chapters: Ezekiel 47 ( Ezekiel • Chapter 47 (23 verses)), Nehemiah 8 ( Nehemiah • Chapter 8 (18 verses)), Ezekiel 43 ( Ezekiel • Chapter 43 (27 verses)).