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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Meah (Tower of the Hundred)
The Tower of the Hundred, on Jerusalem's north wall. The priests rebuilt it when Nehemiah restored the city's defences after the exile, and the name probably came from its height in cubits or a measure of the wall beside it.
The Tower of the Hundred, on Jerusalem's north wall. The priests rebuilt it when Nehemiah restored the city's defences after the exile, and the name probably came from its height in cubits or a measure of the wall beside it.
Meah, meaning "the hundred," was not a person but a tower on Jerusalem's northern wall, rebuilt by the priests as part of Nehemiah's post-exilic restoration of the city's defenses (Nehemiah 3:1; 12:39). Its name most likely marked either its height in cubits or a measurement tied to the surrounding wall section.
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- Nehemiah 3:1
- Nehemiah 12:39
