Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
The goldsmiths
Of the apothecaries
The broad wall
Bible References
The goldsmiths
Nehemiah 3:31
After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, and up to the room above the corner.
Isaiah 46:6
Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it.
Of the apothecaries
Genesis 50:2
Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel.
Exodus 30:25
You are to make this into a sacred anointing oil, a perfumed compound, the work of a perfumer. It will be sacred anointing oil.
Ecclesiastes 10:1
One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.
The broad wall
Nehemiah 12:38
The second choir was proceeding in the opposite direction. I followed them, along with half the people, on top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall,