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Tower of Hananel

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The Tower of Hananeel (or Hananel; חננאלhanan'e-el, chanan'-el, "El (God) is gracious") is a tower in the walls of Jerusalem,[1] adjoining the Tower of Meah (or Hammeah: "the Tower of the Hundred") to the east connecting to the "sheep gate". It is mentioned in Nehemiah 3:1 and Nehemiah 12:39 .[2] It is located on the northern wall section of the old city, near the northeastern corner, a point of the city always requiring special fortification and later the sites successively of the Hasmonean Baris and of the Antonia Fortress.
 

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