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Water Gate

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The fruit of a species of palm (q.v.), the Phoenix dactilifera. This was a common tree in Palestine (Joel 1:12; Neh. 8:15). Palm branches were carried by the Jews on festive occasions, and especially at the feast of Tabernacles (Lev. 23:40; Neh. 8:15).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 4 verses

Nehemiah
3:26, 8:1, 8:3, 8:16

The place, its people and its events come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.