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Nehemiah 12:39 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
Nehemiah 12:39
Verse in Context
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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 gate eastward.
And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
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.
So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers
And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets;
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Nehemiah 12:1
"Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,"
Nehemiah 12:2
"Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,"
Nehemiah 12:3
"Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,"
Nehemiah 12:4
"Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,"
Nehemiah 12:5
"Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,"
Nehemiah 12:6
"Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah,"
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