HARSITH.?The name of a gate in Jerusalem (Jer_19:2 RV). RVm has ?the gate of potsherds,? i.e. where they were thrown out. AV, deriving the word from heres ?sun,? has ?the east gate,? AVm ?the sun gate.? This gate led into the Valley of Hinnom.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
har?sith (חרסית, ḥarsı̄th): One of the gates of Jerusalem (Jer_19:2 the Revised Version (British and American)); margin suggests ?gate of the potsherds?; the King James Version has ?east gate? and the King James Version margin ?sun gate,? both deriving the name from צ, ḥerec, ?sun.? The gate opened into the valley of Hinnom. See JERUSALEM; POTSHERD.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.