Dung Gate
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The word "dung" used to designate one of the gates of Jerusalem ('ashpoth, Nehemiah 2:13 ; Nehemiah 3:14 ) is more general than the others and may mean any kind of refuse. The gate was probably so named because outside it was the general dump heap of the city.
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Dung-gate
(Neh 2:13 ), a gate of ancient Jerusalem, on the south-west quarter. "The gate outside of which lay the piles of sweepings and offscourings of the streets," in the valley of Tophet.
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary