John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Nehemiah 3:27
After them the Tekoites repaired another piece ,.... Having finished what they undertook in another part of the wall, Nehemiah 3:5 , they engage in this part of it; which shows their great zeal and diligence, when their nobles were so backward to it, and withdrew from it: over against the great tower that lieth out ; the same as in the preceding verse: even unto the wall of Ophel ; from right against the great tower unto the wall the Tekoites repaired. 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