Shallecheth, the gate (Hastings' Dictionary)

One of the gates of the ' house of Jehovah ' which Solomon was to build after the death of David (1 Ch 22). It is mentioned only in 1 Ch 26'*, in a list of the gate- keepers (AV 'porters') of the sacred enclosure as settled by David. The gate was on the west side of the outer court, behind the temple buildings, and apparently at, or near, the head of the ramp or causeway (■■'^?t^) which led up to the sanctuary from the ravine which Joseiihus calls the Tyropoeon Valley.

It has been suggested (cf. Smith's DB, s.v.) that the causeway was at ' Wilson's Arch ' ; but, in the uncertainty which still exists with regard to the site of the temple, and the condition of the hill in the time of Solomon, this can only be re- garded as speculation. Some authorities (e.g. Riehm [HfVB], Speaker's Com.), from the meaning of the word Shallecheth, ' casting forth,' consider the gate to be that by which the ashes and the otial of the victims were thrown out.

It is, however, probable that the refuse of the temple was carried out on the east or south side, and burned, or other- wise disposed of, in the Kidron Valley. The LXX rendering, ' Gate of the Pastophorion,' appears to point to a building with chamoers, of which there were several round the outer enclosure of the temple. C. W. WiLSON.