Bible Location
4 cross references · Modern-day map available
The Water Gate was one of Jerusalem's gates near the area where the restored community gathered to hear the law read. It is important because it is tied to both the rebuilt wall and the great public reading in Nehemiah. First appears in Neh 3:26.1
Coordinates
31.78, 35.23
First appears
Neh 3:26
AI summary: The Water Gate is one of the best examples of a place becoming important through communal worship rather than military crisis. Nehemiah places it in the rebuilt city, but it becomes especially memorable as the gathering point where Ezra reads the law aloud to the people. That scene makes the gate part of Israel's renewed covenant life after exile. The cross references present the Water Gate as a Jerusalem entrance linked with restoration, assembly, and hearing God's word.1
Latitude
31.78
Longitude
35.23
Bible references
4
The fruit of a species of palm (q.v.), the Phoenix dactilifera. This was a common tree in Palestine (Joel 1:12; Neh. 8:15). Palm branches were carried by the Jews on festive occasions, and especially at the feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:40; Neh. 8:15). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.