Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall,
 &c.] 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.