Benjamin Gate
The Benjamin Gate was a gate in Jerusalem, associated with the tribe of Benjamin.
PlaceOld Testament1 book3 verses
Summary
A location in Jerusalem first mentioned at Jeremiah 20:2; only referred to as Benjamin Gate (בִּנְיָמִין).
Location
- Identified as
- in Jerusalem
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 31.777° N, 35.234° E
Alternative names
- בִּנְיָמִיןBenjamin Gate
Mentions
- …he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
- But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
- Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,