Nehemiah 3:12

Nehemiah 3:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
• New International Version (NIV)Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired the next section with the help of his daughters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And next to him was Shallum the son of Hallohesh, leader of half the district of Jerusalem; he and his daughters made repairs.

Context of Nehemiah 3:12

10And next to them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next to him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah. 11Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-Moab repaired a second piece, and the tower of the furnaces. And next to them repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. 13The valley-gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the dung-gate. 14And the dung-gate repaired Malchijah the son of Rechab, the chief of the district of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up its doors, its locks and its bars.

Nehemiah 3:12 word by word

וְעַל־יָד֣וֹ הֶחֱזִ֗יק שַׁלּוּם֙ בֶּן־הַלּוֹחֵ֔שׁ שַׂ֕ר חֲצִ֖י פֶּ֣לֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם ה֖וּא וּבְנוֹתָֽיו׃ סRead the interlinear

• repairedחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
• Shallumשַׁלּוּםshallûm shallûm · ShallumH7967
• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Halloheshהַלּוֹחֵשׁlôchêsh · HalloheshH3873
• halfחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677
• Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםyerûshâlaim yerûshâlayim · JerusalemH3389
• daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323

Cross-references for Nehemiah 3:12

• Nehemiah 3:9And next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
• Exodus 35:25And every woman that was wise-hearted spun with her hands, and brought what she had spun: the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the byssus.
• Acts 21:8And leaving on the morrow, we came to Caesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was of the seven, we abode with him.
• Philippians 4:3yea, I ask thee also, true yokefellow, assist them, who have contended along with me in the glad tidings, with Clement also, and my other fellow-labourers, whose names [are] in [the] book of life.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 3:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12The son of Halohesh - Or, the son of the Enchanter: conjectured to be thus named from having the art to charm serpents. The ruler of the half part - See on Nehemiah 3:9; (note).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-13Nehemiah wisely assigned people to work near their homes. This motivated them to do good work and saved them travel time.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Shallum ... he and his daughters--who were either heiresses or rich widows. They undertook to defray the expenses of a part of the wall next them.Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 3:12

• Cities
• Government
• Halohesh
• Persia
• Shallum

In the dictionaries

• Jerusalem
• Genealogy
• Hallohesh
• Maccabees, Books of
• Repair
• Shallum (1)
• Halohesh
• Shallum

Commentaries on Nehemiah 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings