Nehemiah 12:37 - Exposition

At the fountain gate . See above, Nehemiah 2:14 and Nehemiah 3:15 . Which was over against them . There is no "which was" in the original; and it was clearly not the gate, but the steps, that were "over against them." They came to the fountain gate in the course of their perambulation of the wall, and there saw, "opposite to them," the steps that led up to the city of David. By these they ascended the eastern hill, and mounting upon the wall once more, followed its course until they reached the " water gate," which overlooked the Kidron valley ( Nehemiah 3:26 ), where they stopped. Above the house of David . See the comment on Nehemiah 3:25 .