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Place

Corner Gate

Named in 5 verses across 4 books, first in 2 Kings 14:13.

Where

Coordinates

31.7774° N, 35.2349° E

One proposed location, not an established one.

Identification

Uncertain

The exact spot is unknown; the point is placed within a related, larger area.

The dataset’s match to an ancient-world gazetteer has not been checked yet. Gazetteer entry

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

Part of

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

All 5 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

2 Kings 14:13
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.

2 Chronicles 25:23
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
2 Chronicles 26:9
Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.

Jeremiah 31:38
“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when this city will be rebuilt for Me, from the tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate.

Zechariah 14:10
All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.