Nehemiah 3:13-14
Valley Gate .............................. Gate <01516 08179> [the valley gate.]
Zanoah <02182> [Zanoah.]
There were two towns of the name of Zanoah in the tribe of Judah: see the parallel passages.
Dung Gate <08179 0830> [the dung gate.]
head <08269> [the ruler.]
Beth Hakkerem <01021> [Beth-haccerem.]
Beth-haccerem was a town of Judah, situated on a mountain, between Jerusalem and Tekoa, according to Jerome on Jer. ch. 6. Dr. Pococke conjectures that the Mountain of the Franks, called also the Mount of Bethulia, from a village of that name near it, west-north-west of Tekoa, is the ancient Beth-haccerem; the position of which seems to agree with the citadel of Herodium, built by Herod, on a moderate-sized hill, sixty furlongs from Jerusalem.
