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Ophel

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Named at Nehemiah 3:26 as the place where the temple servants lived: “Now the temple servants lived in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.” Both editions set the verse in parentheses. 3:27 says that “the Tekoites repaired another portion, opposite the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.”

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2CH 27:3–4, engwebp
³He built the upper gate of the LORD’s house, and he built much on the wall of Ophel.
⁴Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built fortresses and towers.
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2CH 33:14–17, engwebp
¹⁴Now after this, he built an outer wall to David’s city on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate. He encircled Ophel with it, and raised it up to a very great height; and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.
¹⁵He took away the foreign gods and the idol out of the LORD’s house, and all the altars that he had built in the mountain of the LORD’s house and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city.
¹⁶He built up the LORD’s altar, and offered sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving on it, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
¹⁷Nevertheless the people still sacrificed in the high places, but only to the LORD their God.
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NEH 3:17–27, engwebp
¹⁷After him, the Levites—Rehum the son of Bani made repairs. Next to him, Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.
¹⁸After him, their brothers, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah made repairs.
¹⁹Next to him, Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, repaired another portion across from the ascent to the armory at the turning of the wall.
²⁰After him, Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
²¹After him, Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz repaired another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
²²After him, the priests, the men of the surrounding area made repairs.
²³After them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs across from their house. After them, Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah made repairs beside his own house.
²⁴After him, Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another portion, from the house of Azariah to the turning of the wall, and to the corner.
²⁵Palal the son of Uzai made repairs opposite the turning of the wall, and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.
²⁶(Now the temple servants lived in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)
²⁷After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, opposite the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.
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NEH 11:19–24, engwebp
¹⁹Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
²⁰The residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites were in all the cities of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.
²¹But the temple servants lived in Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.
²²The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers responsible for the service of God’s house.
²³For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.
²⁴Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.
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Matched to OpenBible.info’s “Ophel” by name and 5 shared verses. The coordinate of its leading identification, Ophel (confidence 1000 of 1000), is adopted as a sourced approximation: not verified here, and not the place of any particular event.

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Ophel
OpenBible.info confidence 1000 of 1000 (current scholarship)
31.77533, 35.23622
OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, “Ophel” (CC BY 4.0)

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Narrated location (4) — Jotham builds the upper gate, Ophel wall, cities, and towers, Manasseh builds a wall, removes idols, and restores the altar, Those who make repairs past the house of Eliashib and the corner, to the wall of Ophel, The gatekeepers, the temple servants in Ophel, and Uzzi the overseer of the Levites

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2 Chronicles 33:14 Open that verse

Now after this, he built an outer wall to David’s city on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance at the fish gate. He encircled Ophel with it, and raised it up to a very great height; and he put valiant captains in all the fortified cities of Judah.

Nehemiah 3:26 Open that verse

(Now the temple servants lived in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.)

Nehemiah 3:27 Open that verse

After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, opposite the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.

Nehemiah 11:21 Open that verse

But the temple servants lived in Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.

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Entry: Ophel (place-ophel)
Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/place/ophel
Current wording: Named at Nehemiah 3:26 as the place where the temple servants lived: “Now the temple servants lived in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that stands out.” Both editions set the verse in parentheses. 3:27 says that “the Tekoites repaired another portion, opposite the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.”
Cited evidence: 2CH 27:3–4, engwebp / 2CH 33:14–17, engwebp / NEH 3:17–27, engwebp / NEH 11:19–24, engwebp
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