Jeremiah 19:2 - Exposition

The valley of the son of Hinnom (see on Jeremiah 7:31 ). The east gate ; rather the potsherd gate , i.e. the gate where potsherds were wont to be thrown. Another possible rendering is "sun gate," of which "east gate" is but a paraphrase. But there is evidently a connection between the name of the gate and the action performed by Jeremiah. The Authorized Version seems to have misled Captain Warren into identifying the valley of Hinnom with that of Kedron. He confirms his view, it is true, by the Arabic nomenclature, which speaks of the Kedron as the Wady Jehinnam—a nomenclature, however, which is by no means uniform. The situation of the "potsherd gate" must remain uncertain.