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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

har'-sith (charcith): 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 cherec, "sun." The gate opened into the valley of Hinnom.

See JERUSALEM; POTSHERD.