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Place · Landmark · Gate

Old Gate

Also known as Gate of Yeshanah

Named in 1 verse, first in Nehemiah 3:6.

In the Bible

All 1 verse, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Nehemiah

  • Nehemiah 3:6

    The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

One of the gates in the north wall of Jerusalem, so called because built by the Jebusites (Neh. 3:6; 12:39).

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