Ophel
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Oct 7, 2026
Raul RiesHOST
And then all the way down to verse 21, he talks about the temple servants now in chapter 11 verse 21.
Raul RiesHOST
He says, "But Nephilim dwelt in Ophel, in Cephirah, in Giah." We're over the Nephilims.
Raul RiesHOST
And then we have in verse 22, "And also the overseers of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, and the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, the son of Asaph, the singers in charge of the service of the house of the Lord." These were the choir, the ones that led the worship.
Raul RiesHOST
Notice that.
Fr. Mike SchmitzHOST
And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, everyone in his inheritance.
Fr. Mike SchmitzHOST
But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.
Fr. Mike SchmitzHOST
The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the work of the house of God.
Fr. Mike SchmitzHOST
For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers as every day required.
Shael Ben-EphraimHOST
Let's start with one piece of evidence from this reign where you can actually watch something happen in, not in real-time, but close enough.
Shael Ben-EphraimHOST
In October twenty twenty-five, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced a find from the wet sifting of soil from the Ophel, the slope just south of the Temple Mount.
Shael Ben-EphraimHOST
It's a fragment of pottery two and a half centimeters across, one inch.
Shael Ben-EphraimHOST
On it are a few signs of Akkadian cuneiform, and it's the first Assyrian inscription ever found in Jerusalem.
Lisa LaizureHOST
And look at verse 14.
Lisa LaizureHOST
After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the city of David, the west of the Gihon Spring and Kidron Valley to the fish gate and continuing around the hill of Ophel.
Lisa LaizureHOST
He built the wall very high and he stationed his military officers all of the fortified towns of Judah.
Lisa LaizureHOST
Manasseh also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the Lord's temple.
Lisa LaizureHOST
And look at verse 14.
Lisa LaizureHOST
After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the city of David, the west of the Gihon Spring and Kidron Valley to the fish gate and continuing around the hill of Ophel.
Lisa LaizureHOST
He built the wall very high and he stationed his military officers all of the fortified towns of Judah.
Lisa LaizureHOST
Manasseh also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the Lord's temple.
Joseph OlaHOST
The rest of Israel, the priests and the Levites were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inherited property.
Joseph OlaHOST
The temple servants lived on Ophel.
Joseph OlaHOST
Ziha and Gishpa supervised the temple servants.
Anu OlaHOST
The leader of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica of the descendants of Asaph, who were singers for the service of God's house.
Zev StubGUEST
So, most people would have entered the temple through the southern entrance coming up from the city of David.
Zev StubGUEST
The area there is known as the Ophel, which is Hebrew for rising.
Zev StubGUEST
And as they would be entering, There would be numerous mikvot, these ritual baths, would be there so that you could purify yourself as you go in.
Zev StubGUEST
Some of them, you can actually see lanes where there would be multiple people.
Phil FieldsHOST
Then Manasseh finally realized that the Lord alone is God.
Phil FieldsHOST
After this, Manasseh rebuilt the outer wall of the city of David from west of the Gihon Spring in the Kidron Valley to the Fish Gate and continuing around the hill of Ophel.
Phil FieldsHOST
He built the wall very high, and he stationed his military commanders in all of the fortified towns of Judah.
Phil FieldsHOST
Manasseh also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the Lord's temple.
Phil FieldsHOST
This convinced Manasseh that the Lord was God.
Phil FieldsHOST
After this, Manasseh increased the height of the outer wall on the east side of David's city from a point in the valley near Gihon Spring north to the fish gate and the area of the city called Ophel.
Phil FieldsHOST
He also stationed an army officer in command of a unit of troops in each of the fortified cities of Judah.
Phil FieldsHOST
He removed from the temple the foreign gods and the image he had placed there, and the pagan altars that were on the hill where the temple stood and in other places in Jerusalem.
speaker_0HOST
Palal the son of Uzai repaired opposite the buttress and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king at the court of the guard.
speaker_0HOST
After him, Pedaiah the son of Parosh and the temple servants living on Ophel repaired to a point opposite the water gate on the east and the projecting tower.
speaker_0HOST
After him, the Tekoites repaired another section opposite the great projecting tower as far as the wall of Ophel.
speaker_0HOST
Above the horse gate, the priests repaired, each one opposite his own house.
speaker_0HOST
After them, Zadok the son of Immer repaired opposite his own house.
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