HANANEL, THE TOWER OF

ban'-an-el (chanan'el, "El (God) is gracious"; the King James Version Hananeel, ha-nan'e-el): A tower in the walls of Jerusalem adjoining (Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39) the tower of HAMMEAH (which see). The company of Levites coming from the West passed "by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate" (Nehemiah 12:39). In Jeremiah 31:38 it is foretold "that the city shall be built to Yahweh from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner"-apparently the whole stretch of North wall. In Zechariah 14:10 it says Jerusalem "shall dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel unto the king's winepresses." These last were probably near Siloam, and the distance "from the tower of Hananel unto the king's winepresses" describes the greatest length of the city from North to South. All the indications point to a tower, close to the tower of Hammeah, near the Northeast corner, a point of the city always requiring special fortification and later the sites successively of the Baris and of the Antonia.

See JERUSALEM.

E. W. G. Masterman

2606. Chananel -- "God is gracious," a tower in Jer.
... "God is gracious," a tower in Jer. Transliteration: Chananel Phonetic Spelling:
(khan-an-ale') Short Definition: Hananel. ... NASB Word Usage Hananel (4). Hananeel. ...
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Overcoming Great Difficulties
... and I after them, with half of the people, to the broad wall and above the Gate
of Ephraim and past the Old Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the ...
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Hananel (4 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia HANANEL, THE TOWER OF. ban'-an-el
(chanan'el, "El (God) is gracious"; the King James Version Hananeel ...
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Hammeah (2 Occurrences)
... It was the most important point on the walls of Jerusalem in going West from the
Sheep Gate, and is mentioned along with the T. of HANANEL (which see ...
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Angle (19 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 31:38 See, the days are coming, says the Lord, for the building of the
Lord's town, from the tower of Hananel to the doorway of the angle. (BBE). ...
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Rebuilt (47 Occurrences)
... the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up its doors;
even to the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananel. ...
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Tower (74 Occurrences)
... It was the most important point on the walls of Jerusalem in going West from the
Sheep Gate, and is mentioned along with the T. of HANANEL (which see ...
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Jeshanah (3 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 12:39 and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish
gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of Hammeah, even to the sheep ...
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Winepresses (5 Occurrences)
... will be lifted up, and will dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate to the place
of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel to the ...
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Wine-crushing (1 Occurrence)
... and be living in her place; from the doorway of Benjamin to the place of the first
doorway, to the doorway of the angle, and from the tower of Hananel to the ...
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Wine-presses (4 Occurrences)
... be lifted up, and shall dwell in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place
of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananel unto the ...
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Eli'ashib (15 Occurrences)
... and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it;
even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel. ...
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