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Adam Clarke, on Neh 3:8
Adam Clarke · 1762–1832
Neh 3:8 · Douay-Rheims
“And next to him built Eziel the son of Araia the goldsmith: and next to him built Ananias the son of the perfumer: and they left Jerusalem unto the wall of the broad street.”
On this verse:
“Goldsmiths - From the remotest period of the history of the Jews they had artists in all elegant and ornamental trades; and it is also evident that goldsmiths, apothecaries, and merchants were formed into companies in the time of Nehemiah. Apothecaries - Rather such as dealt in drugs, aromatics, spices, etc., for embalming, or for furnishing the temple with the incense consumed there.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.