John Trapp on Nehemiah 2:13

Verſe 13. By the gate of the valley] By which men went into the Valley of Jehoſhaphat, Joel 3.2, 12. The Septuagint call it Portam Galilae; the gate of dead mens ſculles; becauſe that way they went out to Golgotha.

Even before the Dragon-well] So called, either becauſe ſome venemous Serpent had been found there; or becauſe the waters ran out of the mouth of a braſen Serpent; or becauſe they ran creepingly, ſoftly, as the waters of Siloe, Iſa. 8.6.

And to the Dung-port] Where was their common dunghil: a Voyder to the City: near whereunto ran the Brook Cedron, or the Town-ditch.

And viewed the Walls of Jeruſalem] Junius rendreth it, Ʋbi effringebam de muris, Where I brake off a piece of the Wall: ſc. that I might try the ſoundneſſe or unſoundneſſe of that which remaineth of it, that I might know whether it needed to be all pulled down, or whether it might be built upon. Our Tranſlatours read it, ſober, not ſhober; and thence the different interpretation.

Which were broken down] Aſher hem perutſim: Hem with an open Mem which is not uſual; to ſet forth (as ſome think) the rupture and openneſſe of the Walles, [non-Latin text not transcribed] pro [non-Latin text not transcribed] ſo much bewailed by this good man in this chapter.