the goldsmiths: Nehemiah 3:31-32; Isaiah 46:6
of the apothecaries: Genesis 50:2; Exodus 30:25; Ecclesiastes 10:1
fortified: or, left
the broad wall: Nehemiah 12:38
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Nehemiah 3:8
Nehemiah 3:8
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