The interpretation timeline

Neh 12:37

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1 Jewish · 1 Reformed · 1 Catholic

Neh 12:37 · Douay-Rheims
“And the second choir of them that gave thanks went on the opposite side, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, and upon the tower of the furnaces, even to the broad wall,”
Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
Rashi Jewish
1040–1105
“And by the Fountain Gate Before the Fountain Gate, they marched around the city. and opposite them And before them they ascended from the Fountain Gate to the steps of the City of David, and those steps led to the wall.”
666 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1771
A.D.
John Gill Reformed
1697–1771
“So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God,.... Having made their procession on the wall in different ways, they met in the temple, that is, in the great court of it, for no other would hold them: and I, and the half of the rulers with me; Nehemiah, and the other half with Hoshaiah, Neh 12:32.”
Source
1849
A.D.
1774–1849
“And, &c. Protestants, “And the other company of them that gave thanks.” — And upon. Hebrew, “beyond.” This company (Haydock) proceeded northward. (Calmet)”
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.