Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the perfumers, and they restored Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Goldsmith and perfumer, are plural in Hebrew.
Left, 400 cubits, (Tirinus) as the wall was not demolished, (Menochius) having been repaired by Ozias just before the coming of the Chaldeans, 2 Paralipomenon xxvi. 9. (Tirinus)
Hebrew, "they pushed forward, (repaired, Calmet; or) paved, (Du Dieu) or fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. "(Protestants)
The Septuagint copies vary: some read, they placed, (restored) etheka. (Complutensian) But the Roman edition has, "they left. "(Du Hamel)
