dwelt] Or, which dwelt.
Opel] Or, the tower. 2. Chron. 27. 3. and 33. 14. An high tower reaching as it were to the clouds, as the name in the originall imports. There dwelt the Nethinims, neer the water-gate; for they carried wood and water to the temple. See the notes on Ezra 2:43.
the water-gate] Chap. 8. 1. and 12. 37.