Nehemiah 3 · Verse 12

Nehemiah 3:12

And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Nehemiah 3:12, King James Version

Nehemiah 3:12 in other translations

BSBAnd next to them, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of the other half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs, with the help of his daughters.
WEBNext to him, Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters made repairs.
ASVAnd next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
YLTAnd by his hand hath Shallum son of Halohesh, head of the half of the district of Jerusalem, strengthened, he and his daughters.
DARBYAnd next to them repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
BBENear them was Shallum, the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half Jerusalem, with his daughters.
WebsterAnd next to him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

What does Nehemiah 3:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 The 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 Neh 3:9 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Nehemiah 3:12 in the original Hebrew

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וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
יָד֣וֹya.Dohand hisH3027
הֶחֱזִ֗יקhe.che.Zikhe repairedH2388
שַׁלּוּם֙sha.LumShallumH7967
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
הַלּוֹחֵ֔שׁha.lo.CheshHalloheshH3873
שַׂ֕רsar[the] official ofH8269
חֲצִ֖יcha.Tzi<the> half ofH2677
פֶּ֣לֶךְPe.lekh[the] district ofH6418
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
ה֖וּאhu'heH1931
וּבְנוֹתָֽיו\׃\ \סu.ve.no.Tavand daughters hisH1323

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Nehemiah 3:12

  • Nehemiah 3:9

    And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.

  • Philippians 4:3

    And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

  • Exodus 35:25

    And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen.

  • Acts 21:8-9

    And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed, and came unto Cesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

  • Nehemiah 3:14-18

    But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth–haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Col–hozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king’s garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Beth–zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty. After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the ruler.
9,14-18
he and his daughters.
Ex 35:25; Ac 21:8,9; Php 4:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Nehemiah 3:11

    Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath–moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

  • Nehemiah 3:12

    And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.

  • Nehemiah 3:13

    The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

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Nehemiah 3:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Junto á ellos restauró Sallum hijo de Lohes, príncipe de la mitad de la región de Jerusalem, él con sus hijas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et à côté d’eux réparèrent Shallum, fils d’Hallokhesh, chef de la moitié du district de Jérusalem, lui et ses filles.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihnen zur Seite besserte aus Schallum, der Sohn Hallochesch, der Oberste des anderen halben Bezirks von Jerusalem, er und seine Töchter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et juxta eum ædificavit Sellum filius Alohes, princeps mediæ partis vici Jerusalem, ipse et filiæ ejus.