John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 3:25
Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall ,.... Who dwelt there, and so repaired what was right against him: and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house : which might be built for prospect, or his upper house: that was by the court of the prison ; and we often read in Jeremiah of the court of the prison being in or near the king's house, see Jeremiah 32:2 , after him Pedaiah the son of Parosh ; went on from hence with the repair. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Nehemiah 3:1-32
The best way to know how to divide this chapter is to observe how the work was divided among the undertakers, that every one might know what he had to do, and mind it accordingly with a holy emulation, and desire to excel, yet without any contention, animosity, or separate interest. No strife appears among them but which should do most for the public good. Several things are observable in the account here given of the building of the wall about Jerusalem:? I. That Eliashib the high priest,... read more