one of the gates of the city of Jerusalem, (2 Kings 14:13; 2 Chronicles 25:23; Nehemiah 8:16; 12:39) probably at or near the position of the present "Damascus gate."

The Girdle of the City. Nehemiah 3
... The other part of the choir went on the left hand, towards the south west, and to
the gate of Ephraim, and the Old-gate, and the Fish-gate, &c. verse 29. ...
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Overcoming Great Difficulties
... to the left on the wall above the Tower of the Furnaces, and I after them, with
half of the people, to the broad wall and above the Gate of Ephraim and past ...
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Our Lord Subdued his Might and Constrained It, that his Living ...
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. ... a bed of iron and lay thereon, from whence
I hurled him and cast him down; that cedar I laid low to the gate of hell. ...
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Death was Weeping for Her, Even for Sheol, when He Saw Her ...
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. ... I am sent to Kings, in their sicknesses,
their guards are set around them, guards are also at their gate. ...
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In Wisdom Let us Hearken to Death, O My Beloved: How He Accuses us ...
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. ... Cain with his sword overthrew, the gate
of Sheol: for it was closed and before the time, he first opened it."12. ...
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Lo! Death, the King of Silence, Complains, My Brethren
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. ... ye are weeping: ye have burst the gate
of Sheol, and done me hurt."7. For ye are like unto an infant, which while ...
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My Throne was Set for Me in Sheol: and one Arose that was Dead ...
... 6. When He enters at the gate of Sheol, in place of John who preached before ... For
though Manasseh was first-born, how could it be that Ephraim should take the ...
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Glory to Him who came and Restored It!
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. ... He has made the Cross our treasurer"to
open for us the gates of Paradise,"as Adam opened the gate of Gehenna. ...
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Thou Dost not Hide Thyself in Thy Bareness, O Pearl!
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. <. ... treasury. Within the
gate there are other gates with their locks and keys. ...
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Blessed be the Messenger that was Laden, and Came
Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian. <. ... Blessed is Thy flock, since
Thou art the gate thereof, and Thou art the staff thereof. ...
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