Bible dictionaries

Tower of the furnaces

What Bible dictionaries say about “Tower of the furnaces”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Tower of the furnaces - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

(Neh. 3:11; 12:38), a tower at the north-western angle of the second wall of Jerusalem. It was probably so named from its contiguity to the "bakers' street" (Jer. 37:21).

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

The article in Easton + Webster 1828

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915