Nehemiah 3:11

Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

Ver. 11. The son of Pahathmoab] This man might be a Moabite by stock or descent, and an Israelite by religion; like as Jether was by nature an Ishmaelite, 1 Chronicles 2:17, but by his faith an Israelite, 1 Chronicles 7:38 .

And the tower of the furnaces] That had furnaces or ovens under it; like as the library at Bonony hath an eating house and a wine cellar. In commendation of which situation Cardinal Bobba conceited that he had very wittily (indeed wickedly) applied that text, Proverbs 9:1,2, Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath also mingled her wine, she hath also furnished her table.