Valley Gate
The Valley Gate, one of the gates in Jerusalem's wall, rebuilt by Nehemiah and mentioned in connection with King Uzziah's fortifications.
PlaceOld Testament2 books4 verses
Summary
A location in Jerusalem first mentioned at 2 Chronicles 26:9; only referred to as Valley Gate (גַּיְא).
Location
- Identified as
- in Jerusalem
- Certainty
- Likely (69% of scholarship) · 2 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 31.777° N, 35.234° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- גַּיְאValley Gate
Mentions
- Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and the angle in the wall, and he fortified them.
- So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
- …so I went up the valley by night and inspected the wall. Then I headed back and reentered through the Valley Gate.
- The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.