Bible Location
2 cross references · Modern-day map available
This Tower entry refers to the Tower of the Ovens in Jerusalem's wall system. It is important because it belongs to the detailed urban memory preserved in Nehemiah's rebuilding account. First appears in Neh 3:11.1
Coordinates
31.78, 35.23
First appears
Neh 3:11
AI summary: Tower matters here because Jerusalem's restoration is narrated section by section. In Nehemiah the tower becomes part of the repaired and celebrated wall circuit, showing the concreteness of the city's renewal. The cross references present this Tower as a named feature within restored Jerusalem's defenses.1
Latitude
31.78
Longitude
35.23
Bible references
2
(Neh. 3:11; 12:38), a tower at the north-western angle of the second wall of Jerusalem. It was probably so named from its contiguity to the “bakers’ street” (Jer. 37:21). 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Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated.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.