‘And after him repaired the priests, the men of the countryside.'

Finishing off the section of the wall near the High Priest's house were ‘the priests, the men of the countryside' (literally ‘of the circle'. This could refer to ‘the circle of the Jordan' compare Genesis 13:10; but see Nehemiah 12:28). We do not know how these were distinguished from the priests involved on the northern wall, but there would appear to have been a difference.

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