Valley of the son of Hinnom is just outside the city of Jerusalem on the southern side (see 7.31).

Potsherd Gate: This gate is mentioned only here in the Old Testament. Its location is uncertain, though some scholars identify it with the “Dung Gate” (see Neh 2.13; 3.13-14; 12.31). A potsherd is a piece of broken pottery, so that the gate may have been one where rubbish was thrown out. Translators could therefore say “Gate of Rubbish” or “Broken Pottery Gate.” The text says at the entry of the Potsherd Gate, which Good News Translation understands to mean that to go to Hinnom Valley, people had to go through that gate.

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Jeremiah. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2003. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .