Sheep Gate
The Sheep Gate was a gate in Jerusalem's wall, likely near the sheep market, that was rebuilt during Nehemiah's time.
PlaceOld & New Testaments2 books4 verses
Summary
A location in Jerusalem first mentioned at Nehemiah 3:1; referred to as Sheep Gate (צֹאן) or Sheep Gate (προβατικός).
Location
- Identified as
- in Jerusalem
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 31.777° N, 35.234° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- προβατικόςSheep Gate
- צֹאןSheep Gate
Mentions
- At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
- And between the upper room above the corner and the Sheep Gate, the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
- …over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
- Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.