. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . emies were, of course, anxious to possessthemselves of the gates, and when these wereoccupied a town was usually regarded Thus they sometimes represent thecity In ancient times, as now, these (18) First-gate;1 (19) Gate Gennath ; (20) To these should be addedthe following gates of the Temple: Gate Siir,4culled also Gate of Foundation ;a Gate of theGuard, or behind the guard,6 called th
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . emies were, of course, anxious to possessthemselves of the gates, and when these wereoccupied a town was usually regarded Thus they sometimes represent thecity In ancient times, as now, these (18) First-gate;1 (19) Gate Gennath ; (20) To these should be addedthe following gates of the Temple: Gate Siir,4culled also Gate of Foundation ;a Gate of theGuard, or behind the guard,6 called the High-gate ;7 Gate In the Middle Ages, seven of the princi-pal gates of Jerusalem are mentioned, fourof which are still in existence, three beingclosed. One of these three is the famousGolden Gate, so called from its supposed con-nection with one of the ancient gold-platedgates of the Temple, which is said to havebeen solidly walled up by the Mohammed-ans, because of a tradition that through itthe Christians would some day take pos-session of the city. The gates of the Tem-ple were massive, made of fir, adorned withcarved work, and overlaid with gold, those. Portal of Ancient Assyrian Palace. city gates had particular names, generallyderived from some accidental circumstanceconnected with them ; e. (/., the numerousgates of ancient Jerusalem were named asfollows: (1) Gate of Ephraim;7 this is prob-ably the same as the (2) Gate of so, it was 400 cubits distaut from the (3)Corner-gate ;9 (4) Gate of Joshua, governorof thecity;10 (5) Gate between the two walls;11(6) Horse-gate ;12 (7) Ravine-gate, , open-ing on the ravine of Hinnom;13 (8) Fish-gate;14 (9) Dung-gate;15 (10) Sheep-gate;10(11) East-gate;17 (12) Miphkad;18 (13) Fount-ain-gate;19 (14) Water-gate;20 (15) Old-gate;21 (16) Prison-gate;22 (17) East-gate(perhaps should be rendered the Sun-gate);23 1 Dent. Hi., 5 ; Jndg. xvi., 3; 1 Sam. xxiii., 7 ; 1 Kingsiv., 13: 2 Chron. viii., 5; Neh. Hi.,
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