Nehemiah 3:6

Moreover the old gate R.V. And the old gate. Marg. -Or, the gate of the old cityor, of the oldwall." Literally rendered the words are -And the gate of the old," so that there is some uncertainty which word we should supply. From the mention of the same gate elsewhere (Nehemiah 12:39) we gather that it stood between the -fish gate" and the -gate of Ephraim," and is possibly the same as the -corner gate" (2 Kings 14:13) which Zechariah calls -the first gate" (Zechariah 14:10). On the N. side the ground being more level the city would naturally extend itself in this direction. The gate possibly derived its name from being the entrance to the old city. Prof. Robertson Smith (Art. Jerusalem, Enc. Brit.) says: -For obvious engineering reasons the eminence at the N.W. of the Haram area must always have been a principal point in the fortifications, and here the old gate may very well have been placed." The -gate of the old wall" is a less likely appellation. In one sense every gate that was restored was a gate of the old wall. If -the old wall" was a part of an ancient or disused rampart, it would not have been a portion included in this description. When the fortifications coincided with an earlier and thicker wall, it was called -the broad wall" (Nehemiah 3:8).

Jehoiada R.V. Joiada.

they laid the beams, &c. See on Nehemiah 3:3.