Why does it say "[mi'Neged] ha'Migdal ha'Yotzei"?
Rashi: There was a tower in the wall that jutted inside.
Malbim: Beis ha'Melech was opposite it in the east.
Why does it say "Beis ha'Melech ha'Elyon"?
Ibn Ezra: It is on the Elyon (top) of the mountain.
What do we learn from "Asher la'Chatzer ha'Matarah"?
Ibn Ezra: It is near Chatzer ha'Matarah.
Malbim: The tower pertains to Chatzer ha'Matarah, which was by Beis ha'Melech. This is not Chatzer ha'Matarah mentioned below (12:39), which was by Beis ha'Mikdash.
What do we learn from "Acharav Pedayah"?
Ibn Ezra: After Palal, Pedayah was Machazik. Malbim ? "Hechezik" (24) applies four times ? to Palal, Pedayah, and [twice] to the Nesinim (refer to 3:26:2:3).
