Nehemiah 3:31

31 Malchijah, a goldsmith, built the next section, as far as the building used by the Temple workers and the merchants, which was by the Miphkad Gate to the Temple, near the room on top of the northeast corner of the wall.

Nehemiah 3:31 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 3:31

After him repaired Malchiah, the goldsmith's son
Or the son of Tzoreph, as some, so called from his business:

unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants;
he repaired up to the place where these dwelt:

over against the gate Miphkad;
where some think was an house of visitation or correction; and others, where the sanhedrim sat, tried causes, and exercised justice:

and to the going up of the corner;
from the east to the north.

Nehemiah 3:31 In-Context

29 Zadok son of Immer built the next section, which was in front of his house. Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, keeper of the East Gate, built the next section.
30 Hananiah son of Shelemiah and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, built the next section, their second one. Meshullam son of Berechiah built the next section, which was in front of his house.
31 Malchijah, a goldsmith, built the next section, as far as the building used by the Temple workers and the merchants, which was by the Miphkad Gate to the Temple, near the room on top of the northeast corner of the wall.
32 The goldsmiths and the merchants built the last section, from the room at the corner as far as the Sheep Gate.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Miphkad; [or] Mustering, [or] Watch.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.