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Harsith
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
HARSITH . The name of a gate in Jerusalem ( Jeremiah 19:2 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ). RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] has ‘the gate of potsherds ,’ i.e. where they were thrown out. AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , deriving the word from heres ‘sun,’ has ‘the east gate,’ AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] ‘the sun gate.’ This gate led into the Valley of Hinnom.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Harsith'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​h/harsith.html. 1909.