Ezra/Nehemiah era
Source from Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendix #59 which can be found at – https://levendwater.org/companion/append59.html
Have also added some Gate names that referenced by other names biblically and historically.
- The Valley Gate (Neh 2:13; 3:13). Cp. 2Chron. 26:9.
- The Gate of the Fountain (Neh 2:14; 3:15; 12:37), on Ophel at the Gihon spring (that mentioned in 2Kings 25:4. Jer. 39:4).
- The Sheep Gate (Neh 3:1; 12:39). North of the Temple.
- The Fish Gate (Neh 3:3; 12:39). Cp. 2Chron. 33:14. Zeph. 1:10.
- The Old Gate (aka Corner Gate) (neh 3:6; 12:39). Cp. 2Chron. 33:14, and 2Kings 22:14, “college”. Called also the “First Gate” (Zech. 14:10).
- The Dung Gate (Neh 2:14; 3:14; 12:31). Probably same as Harsith Gate (Jer. 19:2); sometimes rendered the Gate of Potsherds, from heres, a potter’s vessel. (N.B. Better = Pottery Gate) Leading to Hinnom. See Ap. 68 VIII, where the positions of the gates differ from the above and are more probably correct.
- The Water Gate (Neh 3:25, 26).
- The Horse Gate (Neh 3:28). Cp. 2Kings 11:16. 2Chron. 23:15. Jer. 31:40. South-east of the Temple, and close to the city and house of David.
- The East Gate (Neh 3:29). East of the Temple, and connected with it.
- The Gate of Miphkad (aka Inspection Gate) (Neh 3:31). Probably north-east of Temple. ( = The Registry Gate.)
- The Gate of Ephraim (Neh 8:16; 12:39). Cp. 2Chron. 25:23. Also known as the Benjamin Gate. It was located about 200 yards South of the Corner Gate.
- The Prison Gate (Neh 12:39), or Gate of the Guard (2Kings 11:6, 19). This gate was also named as the Miphkad /Inspection Gate. Also seems to be called the Muster Gate as well at another time.
Diagram shows various phases of the City’s expansions with gates.
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