Nehemiah 12:31-33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

Then I brought up the princes And half of the people with them, as it is expressed afterward, Nehemiah 12:38. Upon the wall For the wall was broad and strong, and so built that men might conveniently walk upon it, as at this day it is in many cities. Whereof one went on the right hand Toward the south and east. Azariah and Ezra Not the scribe, as is evident from Nehemiah 12:36, but another Ezra.

Nehemiah 12:31-33

31 Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

32 And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,

33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,