Gate Of Benjamin
Gate Of Benjamin [1]
( Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 38:7; "Benjamin's gate," Zechariah 14:10; "high gate of Benjamin," Jeremiah 20:2) was doubtless on the northern side of Jerusalem, probably the same elsewhere called "the gate of Ephraim" ( 1 Kings 14:13), and apparently coinciding nearly in position with the present " Damascus Gate " (Strong's Harmony And Expos. Of The Gospels, App. 2, p. 18). (See Jerusalem).
2. A man of the tribe of Benjamin, second named of the seven sons of Bilhan, and the head of a family of warriors ( 1 Chronicles 7:10). B.C. perh. cir. 1016.
3. An Israelite, one of the "sons of Harim," who divorced his foreign wife after the exile ( Ezra 10:32). B.C. 458. He seems to be the same person who had previously assisted in rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem (in connection with Hashub), opposite his house on Zion ( Nehemiah 3:23).
