Nehemiah 3:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. The horse gate - The place through which the horses passed in order to be watered; It was near the temple. Some rabbins suppose that in order to go to the temple, a person might go on horseback to the place here referred to, but then was obliged to alight, as a horse could pass no farther. Horses were never very plentiful in Jerusalem.