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Next to him, Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths, made repairs. Next to him, Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they fortified Jerusalem even to the wide wall.
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Verse 8. Goldsmith and perfumer, are plural in Heb.—Left, 400 cubits, ( Tirinus.) as the wall was not demolished, ( Menochius.) having been repaired by Ozias just before the coming of the Chaldees. 2 Chronicles 26:9. Tirinus.—Hebrew “they pushed forward, (repaired, Calmet. or) paved, (Du Dieu) or fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.” Prot.—The Septuagint copies vary: some read, they placed, (restored) εθηκα. Complut. But the Rom. edition has, “they left.” D.
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