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Corner Gate
פִּנָּה
The Corner Gate was a fortified gate in Jerusalem's wall, mentioned in connection with repairs and measurements of the city.
- verses
- 5
- first named
- 2 Kings 14:13
- last named
- Zechariah 14:10
- feature
- gate
Description
Corner Gate in the text
The Corner Gate was one of the gates in the wall surrounding Jerusalem during the period of the Divided Kingdom and the post-exilic era. It is mentioned several times in the Old Testament, particularly in connection with repairs made to the city's fortifications and measurements of the city's perimeter.
In 2Ki.14.13 and 2Ch.25.23, the Corner Gate is mentioned as one of the points from which King Jehoash of Israel broke down the wall of Jerusalem after defeating King Amaziah of Judah. This suggests that the Corner Gate was a significant and strategic point in the city's defenses.
During the reign of King Uzziah of Judah, the Corner Gate was fortified and towers were built near it (2Ch.26.9). This further emphasizes the gate's importance in the city's defensive structure.
In the book of Jeremiah, the Corner Gate is mentioned as one of the landmarks in the prophetic description of Jerusalem's future restoration (Jeremiah 31:38). This passage envisions a time when the city will be rebuilt and expanded, with the Corner Gate marking one of the boundaries of the renewed city.
The exact location of the Corner Gate is not specified in the Bible, but it was likely situated at a point where the city wall turned a corner, hence its name. Some scholars suggest that it may have been located near the northwest corner of the city, possibly close to the present-day Jaffa Gate.
Relations
Direct connections
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Stands in the same events as
- Jerusalem4 events
- Joash2 events
- Tower of Hananel2 events
- Ephraim Gate2 events
- LORD1 event
- Uzziah1 event
- Valley Gate1 event
- Angle1 event
- Benjamin Gate1 event
The pattern
Where Corner Gate is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
5 verses across 4 of 66 books; 62 write the name nowhere. Named in 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (2), Jeremiah (1) and Zechariah (1).
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Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 5, across 4 books.
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Where they appear
What happened here
Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
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