Harsith (ISBE)

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har´sith ( חרסית , ḥarsı̄th ): One of the gates of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 19:2 the Revised Version (British and American)); margin suggests "gate of the potsherds"; the King James Version has "east gate" and the King James Version margin "sun gate," both deriving the name from צ , ḥerec , "sun." The gate opened into the valley of Hinnom. See JERUSALEM; POTSHERD .