Nehemiah 3:31 - Exposition

Malchiah the goldsmith's son . Or "the son of Hazzorephi." But the mention of goldsmiths ( zorephim ) in Nehemiah 3:32 lends support to the rendering of the A. V which is accepted by most critics. Unto the place of the Nethinims . Rather, "the house." The exact position cannot be fixed; but the gate Miphkad must have been situated in the east wall, a little to the south of the sheep gate. The going up of the corner may have been an "ascent," like Solomon's ( 2 Chronicles 9:4 ), which was probably a flight of steps; or the word translated "going up" may mean "an upper chamber" ( ὑπερῷον ) — a chamber situated over the gate.