. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ces near the gates appear to have been some-times used as places for sacrifice (Acts xiv. 13 ; com-pare 2 K. xxiii. 8). Regarded, therefore, as positionsof great importance, the gates of cities were care-fully guarded and closed at nightfall (Deut. iii. 5 ;Josh. ii. 5, 7; Judg. ix. 40, 44, &c). They con-tained chambers over the gateway (2 Sam. xviii. 24).The gateways of Assyrian cities were arched orsquare-headed entrances in the wall, sometimesflanked by towers. The doors themselves, of thelarger gates mentioned in Scripture, were two- 322 GAT GAT l
. A comprehensive dictionary of the Bible . ces near the gates appear to have been some-times used as places for sacrifice (Acts xiv. 13 ; com-pare 2 K. xxiii. 8). Regarded, therefore, as positionsof great importance, the gates of cities were care-fully guarded and closed at nightfall (Deut. iii. 5 ;Josh. ii. 5, 7; Judg. ix. 40, 44, &c). They con-tained chambers over the gateway (2 Sam. xviii. 24).The gateways of Assyrian cities were arched orsquare-headed entrances in the wall, sometimesflanked by towers. The doors themselves, of thelarger gates mentioned in Scripture, were two- 322 GAT GAT leaved, plated with metal, closed with locks, andfastened with metal bars (Deut. iii. 5 ; Judg. xvi. 3;Ps. cvii. 16 ; Is. xlv. 1, 2, &c). Gates not defendedby iron were of course liable to be set on fire by Iff BE 0 Assyrian Gates.—(Layard.) an enemy (Judg. ix. 52). The gateways of royalpalaces, and even of private houses, were oftenrichly ornamented. Sentences from the Law wereinscribed on and above the gates (Deut. vi. 9, > Egyptian Door-pins.—1. Upper pin, on which the door turned. 2. Lowerpin.—(Wilkinson.) 20). The gates of Solomons Temple were verymassive and costly, being overlaid with gold andcarvings (1 K. vi. 34, 35 ; 2 K. xviii. 16). Thoseof the Holy Place were of olive-wood, two-leaved,
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