Places in the Bible · Structure

Broad Wall

Broad Wall is a structure mentioned in 2 verses. Its most likely location is Broad Wall.

panorama of the Broad Wall
panorama of the Broad Wall · Photo: Ian Scott (CC-BY-SA-2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Where is Broad Wall?

Approx. 31.7761, 35.2319 · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps

Possible modern locations

IdentificationTypeConfidence
Broad WallstructureHigh

Verses that mention Broad Wall

  • Nehemiah 3:8

    Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.

  • Nehemiah 12:38

    And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;