The Old Gate is one of the many gates of the wall of

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

, located on the northern side. It was repaired by the

Jebusite The Jebusites (; ISO 259-3 ''Ybusi'') were, according to the books of Joshua and Samuel from the Tanakh, a Canaanite tribe that inhabited Jerusalem, then called Jebus (Hebrew: ''Yəḇūs'', "trampled place") prior to the conquest initiated by ...

s during the wall rebuilding in the

Book of Nehemiah The Book of Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible, largely takes the form of a first-person memoir concerning the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem after the Babylonian exile by Nehemiah, a Jew who is a high official at the Persian court, and the dedic ...

. In some versions the gate is called "the Jeshanah Gate", which translates to "the old gate". *Nehemiah 3:6 it is said to have been built by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah.

''"Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof"''.

*Nehemiah 12:39 it is listed among the gates the choir procession passed over as they circled the city in celebration

References

* New International Version Bible {{eastons Ancient history of Jerusalem