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And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, [and] Meshullam.
Nehemiah 8:4 — KJV
A pulpit of wood. Compare the word “pillar” in 2 Kings 11:14 and 23:3, where, however, the term used is ‘ammud, “stand.” Here, the Hebrew migdal, generally meaning “tower,” is used. It must have been a high scaffold, if the term “tower” could be used to describe it; hence the translation “pulpit” is warranted, with the understanding that it was a high “pulpit,” so that all the people could easily see and hear Ezra and his companions.
Beside him stood. Six persons, probably priests, stood on Ezra’s right, and seven on his left. In the Apocryphal book of 1 Esdras seven are mentioned as standing on his right hand also, the name Azarias being inserted between Anaiah and Urijah. Urijah is perhaps the father of the Meremoth of Nehemiah 3:4, 21; Maaseiah, the father of the Azariah of Nehemiah 3:23; Pedaiah, the individual named in Nehemiah 3:25; the Azariah to be inserted, if we accept the record in 1 Esdras, may be the same as the one named in Nehemiah 3:23; while a Meshullam occurs in Nehemiah 3:4, 6; and a Malchiah in Nehemiah 3:11, 14, 31.
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