Moving further west along jerusalem s walls we come to nehemiah s old gate.
The gates of jerusalem nehemiah.
The gates of jerusalem in nehemiah s day.
The valley gate is where nehemiah began his nocturnal investigation of the ruins of the city.
This study comes from week 92 of the reading plan nehemiah.
The temple the city walls and the gates had been destroyed as a result of the three invasions of nebuchadnezzar and his forces in 606 bc 597 bc and 586 bc.
The prophecy in the old gate seems to be that men are plagued with a sin nature inherited from adam.
They consecrated it and hung its doors.
Nehemiah 3 14 this is the gate out of which the garbage and filth of the city was taken at night.
Nehemiah jerusalem gates gates of jerusalem sheep gate fish gate old gate ephraim gate valley gate refuse gate fountain gate water gate horse gate east gate gate of judgment.
The valley gate nehemiah 3 13 hanun and the inhabitants of zanoah repaired the valley gate.
And the dung gate repaired malchijah.
When the wall was rebuilt it probably encompassed the same area as before except it may have excluded the king s gardens in the southeast.
Each gate from the jerusalem wall mentioned by nehemiah is unique and has a specific message about our lord and savior jesus christ.
When the jewish people returned to their homeland after the babylonian captivity jerusalem lay in ruins.
They built it hung its doors with its bolts and bars and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the refuse gate.
Nehemiah 3 the gates of jerusalem.
Then eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the sheep gate.
The meaning of the gates of jerusalem and spiritual progress.
The gates of jerusalem in nehemiah s day reveal christ adapted from expository outlines of the old testament warren wiersbe the following are the gates noted in nehemiah chapter three.
Nehemiah chapter 3 bible study gates of jerusalem.
When nehemiah arrived he made a detailed inspection of the walls and gates nehemiah 2 11 16 and organized the people to start the rebuilding effort nehemiah 2 17 3 32.