OLD TESTAMENT

Nehemiah 3:28

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Above the horse gate, the priests made repairs, everyone across from his own house.

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Verse 28. Horse-gate, by which the king’s horses were led to water, at the torrent Cedron. It was near the temple and palace. 4 Kennicott. 11:16. Calmet.—Some Rabbins assert that people were obliged to alight here, and to go on foot to the temple. Lyran.

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