Nehemiah 12:38

38 The second choir went north. I followed them on top of the wall. Half of the people went with me. They went past the Tower of the Ovens. They went to the Broad Wall.

Nehemiah 12:38 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:38

And the other company of them that gave thanks went
over against them
On the left hand, on the northern part of the wall:

and I after them;
Nehemiah, he brought up the rear of his company, as Ezra led the van of his:

and the half of the people upon the wall;
the chief of them, for all could not walk upon it:

from beyond the tower of the furnaces;
where they baked their bread, or their bricks, see ( Nehemiah 3:11 ) ,

even unto the broad wall;
where the wall was broader than common, for some reason or another, see ( Nehemiah 3:8 ) .

Nehemiah 12:38 In-Context

36 Those who helped Zechariah also marched along. They were Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah and Hanani. They brought instruments of music with them. That's what David, the man of God, had ordered. Ezra led the group that was marching south. He was a teacher of the law.

37 At the Fountain Gate they continued straight up the steps of the City of David that went up to the wall. Then the group passed above David's house. They continued on to the Water Gate on the east.

38 The second choir went north. I followed them on top of the wall. Half of the people went with me. They went past the Tower of the Ovens. They went to the Broad Wall.

39 They marched over the Gate of Ephraim. They went over the Jeshanah Gate and the Fish Gate. They went past the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred. They continued on to the Sheep Gate. At the Gate of the Guard they stopped.

40 Then the two choirs that sang and gave thanks took their places in God's house. So did I. So did half of the officials.