cool of the night. Others put up shelters in the courtyards of their houses, an unroofed area in the middle of a house. Still others camped out in the courts of the temple compound and in the open plaza areas by the Water Gate and the Gate of Ephraim. Like Solomon’s temple, the Second Temple likely had a large outer court for laity to gather and a smaller inner court for priests only (see 1 Kgs 7:12; 2 Chr 4:9). Located just south of the temple-palace area the square by the Water Gate had been the