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13. The valley gate. See on ch. 2:13.

Zanoah. This town lay in the vicinity of Beth-shemesh, about 14 mi. (22.4 km.) southwest of Jerusalem as the crow flies. The site is now called Khirbet Zanû‘.

A thousand cubits. An important topographical notation giving the distance between the Valley Gate and the Dung Gate as 1,458 ft. (444.4 m.). Some have doubted that one group could repair so large a section and accordingly have interpreted the words as a topographical parenthesis giving the distance between the two gates. But the expression is specific. Probably some parts of the wall were less severely damaged than others, and could therefore be easily repaired.