DUNG GATE (־שַׁ֖עַר הָאַשְׁפֹּ֑ת, the gate of the ash-heaps). A postexilic gate on the S side of Jerusalem (Neh 2:13 [dung port, KJV]; 3:13-14, 12:31), leading to the rubbish dump in the Hinnom Valley (2 Kings 23:10). L. Vincent proposes a SW corner, the later “Gate of the Essenes” (Jos. War. V. 4. 2); but most prefer the great gate S of the City of David at the SE corner (J. Simons, Jerusalem in OT, in 123, 124).