Nehemiah 12:38

And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them ,.... On the left hand, on the northern part of the wall:

and I after them ; Nehemiah, he brought up the rear of his company, as Ezra led the van of his:

and the half of the people upon the wall ; the chief of them, for all could not walk upon it:

from beyond the tower of the furnaces ; where they baked their bread, or their bricks, see Nehemiah 3:11 ,

even unto the broad wall ; where the wall was broader than common, for some reason or another, see Nehemiah 3:8 .