Footnote

“Gate of the Potsherds.” Because this gate opened upon the most easterly section of the valley of Hinnom, it is likely identical with the Gate of the Ash-heaps, or the Dung Gate. In Jerusalem in the Old Testament, p. 230, ftn 1, Dr. J. Simons says: “Instead of ‘Gate of the Potsherds’ it is possible to translate ‘Gate of the Potters’, or, better perhaps, ‘Gate of the Earthenware Pots.’ ”