Nehemiah 3:21

“After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Koz, another piece, etc.] He had wrought before in another part, (<160304>Nehemiah 3:4), but having finished that, he sets his hand a second time to the work: from the door of the house of Eliashib, even to the end of the house of Eliashib; the door of his house seems to have been at one end of it, and from that end to the other was a considerable length; he being a great man, the high priest, had a large house.”

“The constant mention of “priests,” “Levites,” and Nethinims,” sufficiently indicates that the writer is here concerned with the sacerdotal quarter, that immediately about the temple. Nehemiah 3:18 Bavai - Or, “Binnui” Nehemiah 3:24; Nehemiah 10:9. The armoury at the turning of the wall - literally, “the armoury of the corner.” The northwestern corner of the special wall of the “city of David” seems to be intended. See Nehemiah 3:1 note. Nehemiah 3:20 The other piece - Rather, “another piece.” The notice of Baruch’s first piece, like that of Malchijah’s and Hashub’s Nehemiah 3:11, seems to have slipped out of the text. Nehemiah 3:22 The word here translated “plain” is applied in the rest of…”

“The door - Therefore the door was not in the middle of the house, as now they commonly are, but at one end of it. Nehemiah 3:27”

“Meremoth: Neh 3:4 Koz: Neh 7:63; Ezr 2:61 Nehemiah 3:22”