Over against the turning of the wall; in a part of the wall, which jutted out as the tower here following did, and therefore was opposite to or over against that turning. And the tower, or, even the tower. Out from the king's high house; either from the royal palace; or from some other smaller house which the king formerly built there, either for prospect or for defence. By the court of the prison; a place oft mentioned; of which see Jeremiah 32:2, Jeremiah 38:6,13.
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Nehemiah 3:25
25 Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.