Bible Location

gate of Benjamin

4 cross references · Modern-day map available

The Gate of Benjamin was one of Jerusalem's northern or north-eastern gates associated with movement toward Benjaminite territory. It is important because it appears in Jeremiah's imprisonments and in Zechariah's vision of restored Jerusalem. First appears in Jer 20:2.1

Coordinates

31.78, 35.23

First appears

Jer 20:2

AI summary: The Gate of Benjamin is one of those urban landmarks where political pressure and prophetic hope meet. Jeremiah is struck and confined in connection with it, and later stopped there under suspicion during the crisis of the city. Zechariah then reuses the gate within a transformed vision of Jerusalem's future extent. The cross references present the Gate of Benjamin as a city threshold marked first by danger and later by restoration.1

Latitude

31.78

Longitude

35.23

Bible references

4