Jeremiah 19:2

the valley of the son of Hinnom See on ch. Jeremiah 7:31.

the gate Harsith rather, as mg. the gate of potsherds. Apparently so called from the fragments of broken pottery cast here as refuse "or perhaps crushed, as it is now, on a flat rock, with heavy stone rollers, into dust from which a cement is made, used for plastering cisterns. The place where this is now done is near the Birket es-Sultan, a pool at the S. W. of the city, in the upper part of what was probably the ancient -Valley of Hinnom." " Dr., who also quotes Pal. Expl. Fund, Quart. Statementfor 1904, p. 136. It is thought to be identical with the "dung" gate (Nehemiah 2:13; Nehemiah 3:13 f., Nehemiah 12:31), leading into this valley.