Zechariah 14:10

As a plain. A prediction of further topographical changes to take place besides those mentioned in v. 4. The region here mentioned had formerly been mountainous.

Geba. A place 5¾ mi. (9.2 km.) northeast of Jerusalem, the modern Jeba‘, here used to represent the northern extremity of Judah (see on 2 Kings 23:8).

Rimmon. Doubtless En-rimmon, 9 mi. (14.4 km.) north by east from Beersheba, the modern Khirbet Umm er-Ramamin. The place is here used to designate the southern extremity of Judah. Compare 2 Kings 23:8, where Geba and Beersheba are used to designate the northern and southern extremities.

Benjamin’s gate. Probably the same as the Sheep Gate on the northeast corner of the wall (see Jerusalem and Environs in the Time of Jeremiah, and the Jerusalem Region).

First gate. This gate cannot be positively identified. However, the specifications are sufficiently clear without a knowledge of its location.

Corner gate. Mentioned also in 2 Kings 14:13; Jer. 31:38. Believed to be the gate on the northwest corner of the wall. Zechariah thus indicates the eastern and western limits of the city.

Tower of Hananeel. A tower in the northern wall (see Jerusalem and Environs in the Time of Jeremiah, and the Jerusalem Region).

King’s winepresses. These cannot be definitely located, but were doubtless in the southern part of the city, perhaps near the king’s garden in the Kidron (see on Neh. 3:15). The tower of Hananeel and the king’s wine presses thus designate the northern and southern limits of the city. The picture in the latter part of Zech. 14:10 is of a city fully inhabited.