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Ophel

Jerusalem (Judean hill country) · Old Testament · 5 verses

Ophel was a part of the ridge of the city of David in Jerusalem, the rise between the older city and the temple mount. It was a fortified section of the ancient city. The name appears in 2 Chronicles, Nehemiah in the King James text.

About Ophel

Ophel was a part of the ridge of the city of David in Jerusalem, the rise between the older city and the temple mount. It was a fortified section of the ancient city.

Its place in the story

Ophel is named as a portion of Jerusalem that kings such as Jotham and Manasseh built up and fortified. In the days of Nehemiah the temple servants lived on the Ophel.

Ophel in Scripture (KJV)

“He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.”

2 Chronicles 27:3 (KJV)

“Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah.”

2 Chronicles 33:14 (KJV)

“Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.”

Nehemiah 3:26 (KJV)

“After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.”

Nehemiah 3:27 (KJV)

“But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.”

Nehemiah 11:21 (KJV)

Where it leads

As part of the holy city of Jerusalem, Ophel belongs to the place Scripture sets at the center of the story leading to Christ.

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