Guard Gate
The Guard Gate was a gate in Jerusalem's wall, mentioned in Nehemiah 12:39, likely the same as the Muster Gate near the Temple.
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Summary
A location in Jerusalem only mentioned at Nehemiah 12:39; only referred to as Guard Gate (מַטָּרָה).
Location
- Identified as
- in Jerusalem
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 31.777° N, 35.234° E
Alternative names
- מַטָּרָהGuard Gate
Mentions
- …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.