Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
The dung gate
The ruler
Beth-haccerem
Bible References
The dung gate
Nehemiah 2:13
I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons and the Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire.
Nehemiah 12:31
I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate.
The ruler
Nehemiah 3:9
Rephaiah son of Hur, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to them.
Beth-haccerem
Jeremiah 6:1
"Run for safety, people of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Light the signal fires at Beth Hakkerem! For disaster lurks out of the north; it will bring great destruction.