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Horse-gate

A gate in the wall of Jerusalem, at the west end of the bridge, leading from Zion to the temple (Neh. 3:28; Jer. 31:40).

In the Bible

3

Verses where Horse-gate is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 2 Chronicles 23:15

    So they seized Athaliah as she reached the entrance of the Horse Gate on the palace grounds, and there they put her to death.

  • Jeremiah 31:40

    The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”

  • Nehemiah 3:28

    Above the Horse Gate, each of the priests made repairs in front of his own house.

Scripture on Horse-gate

3

Horse-gate references

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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