Dung-Gate
( , sha’ar ha-ashpoth, Neh 3:14, or , 2:13; 12:31; contracted , sha’ar ha-shephoth’, 3:13, i.e., gate of the dung-hills; Sept. [v. r. in 12:31, ] Vulg. porta sterquilinii or [2:13] stercoris; A.V. “dung-port” in 2:13) a gate of ancient Jerusalem on the south-west quarter, 1000 cubits from the Valley Gate (Neh 3:13) toward the south (Neh 12:31); a position that fixes it at the SW angle of Matthew Zion (see Strongs Harm. and Expos of the Gospel. App. 2, page 11). It was doubtless so called from the piles of garbage collected in the valley of Tophet (q.v.) below. SEE BETHSO. (Compare the Esquiline Hill at Rome.) Josephus (War, 5:4, 2) calls it the Gate of the Essenes ( ). SEE JERUSALEM.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Dung-gate
(Neh. 2:13), a gate of ancient Jerusalem, on the south-west quarter. “The gate outside of which lay the piles of sweepings and offscourings of the streets,” in the valley of Tophet.
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Dung-gate
Dung was used both for fuel and manure. It may have been carried out of the city by one particular gate, and this would attach the name to the gate. The one now so called in Jerusalem may have no reference to the above, which may not now exist. Neh 2:13; Neh 3:14; Neh 12:31.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Dung Gate
Neh 3:13 (c) Probably this figure is used to describe the care we should exercise in ridding ourselves of those unhappy things in our lives, bad habits, evil ways, harmful practices, that should not be permitted either in our words or actions. We make ample provision to take care of that which we cast off from our bodies, and we should also make ample provision to get away alone somewhere and get rid of the filthiness of our spirits. (See 2Co 7:1).