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  • Water-gate, make a scene of such pleasant confusion and liveliness as I have never witnessed before.

    Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo 2004

  • The Water-gate, of which is mention, Nehemiah 12: 37. 3.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • As to the Water-gate, we find it mentioned Nehemiah 3: 26, situated on the east wall of the city; called the 'Water-gate' because through that the waters flowed out of the Temple; and perhaps those also out of Bethesda.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • This street went out into the valley of Kedron, by the Water-gate.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • For, whereas the waters ran incessantly out of Etam into the Temple, and those that were more than needed flowed out of the Temple, they all fell down into the valley that lay between the Temple and Jerusalem, and emptied themselves by that gate which bore the name of the 'Water-gate' upon that account.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • Therefore, the Water-gate led into the valley of Kedron: but the Horse-gate into the valley of Hinnom, at that place touching on the valley of Kedron.

    From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979

  • Ford's alignment could look to more recent successes; but it had suffered the sharp recent blow of Water-gate.

    Carter on His Own Wills, Garry 1976

  • [16] We know that the two priestly guard-chambers above the Water-gate and

    The Temple���Its Ministry and Services 1825-1889 1904

  • Water-gate, through which at the Feast of Tabernacles the pitcher with water was brought from the Pool of Siloam, with a chamber above it, called

    The Temple���Its Ministry and Services 1825-1889 1904

  • We passed the Water-gate on our way back, then under a grove of cocoa-nut palms, with many cocoa-nuts and monkeys in their tops; and we threw stones up, but never a cocoa-nut did the monkeys throw back at us!

    From Edinburgh to India & Burmah 1900

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