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.
Ver. 25. Over against the turning] Of these turnings there were many, as appeareth above.
The king's high house] In Spain, not only doth the king dwell in a stately high palace, but also the highest room in every great house is his, and he must be paid for it.
That was by the court of the prison] Here Jeremiah was prisoner more than once, Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 38:7; Jeremiah 38:13. And therefore other good people that came after him thither might be as well apaid as Dr Taylor, martyr, who blessed God that ever he was fellow-prisoner to that earthly angel (as be called him), John Bradford; or, as that other good woman, who rejoiced that she might have her foot in the hole of the stocks in which Mr Philpot had been before her.