“Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king’s high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh.”
The text mentions work "opposite the angle and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king," indicating that architectural features and royal installations guided the placement and organization of work sections; the existence of known reference points (angles, towers, royal buildings) helped coordinate the overall effort and ensured that all sections were properly integrated. The reference to the "upper house of the king" (likely referring to Davidic royal structures or administrative installations) suggests that some sections of the wall are placed in particularly strategic or defensively critical locations.
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