Nehemiah 2:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

The gate of the valley - A gate opening on the valley of Hinnom, which skirted Jerusalem to the west and south. The exact position is uncertain; as is also that of “the dragon well.”

The dung port - The gate by which offal and excrements were conveyed out of the city, and placed eastward of the valley-gate.

Nehemiah 2:13

13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.