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HANANEL

(Heb. ḥănanʾēl),

TOWER OF

A tower in the northwest corner of the wall which surrounded the temple mount, rebuilt by Nehemiah (Neh. 3:1; 12:39). Some identify it with the fortress of the temple (Neh. 2:8). The tower may have been erected in the time of Manasseh (2 Chr. 33:14), and came to represent the northernmost point of the wall of Jerusalem. As such it came to be regarded as the prominent landmark in the north of Jerusalem, used in describing the circumference of the city (Zech. 14:10). As a prominent boundary point the tower of Hananel became associated with eschatological hopes for Jerusalem (Jer. 31:38).

This was the site of the Maccabean citadel (1 Macc. 13:52), rebuilt by Antiochus IV Epiphanes as the Seleucid Akra (Josephus Ant. 21.362-64, 369, 405-6). John Hyrcanus erected a fortress (the Baris) here which was destroyed by Pompey in 63 b.c.e. (Ant. 18.91). Later Herod the Great built the tower of Antonia on this location (Ant. 18.91; BJ 1.75, 118).

Mark F. Rooker

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HANANEL

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)