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Nehemiah 3:18

Next to them, their countrymen made repairs under Binnui son of Henadad, ruler of the other half-district of Keilah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Bavai;   Cities;   Government;   Henadad;   Keilah;   Persia;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Government;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bavai;   Eliashib;   Hananeel, Tower of;   Henadad;   Jeshua;   Keilah;   Pahath Moab;   Holman Bible Dictionary - District;   Henadad;   Keilah;   Nehemiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bavvai;   Henadad;   Isaiah, Book of;   Mining and Metals;   Nehemiah;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bavai ;   Henadad ;   Keilah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;   Keilah;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Bav'a-I;   Nehemi'ah;   Tomb;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bavvai;   Binnui;   Gate;   Henadad;   Keilah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After him their fellow Levites made repairs under Binnui son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah.
Hebrew Names Version
After him repaired their brothers, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Ke`ilah.
King James Version
After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
English Standard Version
After him their brothers repaired: Bavvai the son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah.
New Century Version
Next to him, Binnui son of Henadad and his relatives made repairs. Binnui was the ruler of the other half of the district of Keilah.
New English Translation
After him their relatives worked—Binnui son of Henadad, head of a half-district of Keilah.
Amplified Bible
After him their brothers carried out repairs under Bavvai the son of Henadad, official of [the other] half of the district of Keilah.
New American Standard Bible
After him their brothers carried out repairs under Bavvai the son of Henadad, official of the other half of the district of Keilah.
World English Bible
After him repaired their brothers, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.
Geneva Bible (1587)
After him fortified their brethren: Bauai, the sonne of Henadad the ruler of the halfe part of Keilah:
Legacy Standard Bible
After him their brothers made repairs under Bavvai the son of Henadad, the official of the other half of the district of Keilah.
Contemporary English Version
Binnui son of Henadad, who ruled the other half of the district of Keilah;
Complete Jewish Bible
After him their colleagues, Bavai the son of Henadad, leader of half the district of Ke‘ilah, made repairs.
Darby Translation
After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the chief of the half district of Keilah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Their brothers repaired the next section. They worked under Binnui son of Henadad. Binnui was the governor of the other half of the district of Keilah.
George Lamsa Translation
After him repaired their brethren, Banwi the son of Nahdar, the governor of Keilah.
Good News Translation
Bavvai son of Henadad, ruler of the other half of the Keilah District, built the next section;
Lexham English Bible
After him their brothers repaired: Bavvai son of Henadad, commander of half of the district of Keilah,
Literal Translation
After him their brothers Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, made strong.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
After him buylded their brethre, Banai the sonne of Henadab, the ruler of the halfe quarter of Segila.
American Standard Version
After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.
Bible in Basic English
After him were working their brothers, Bavvai, the son of Henadad, ruler of half the division of Keilah.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
After him buylded their brethren Bauai the sonne of Henadad the ruler of the halfe part of Keilah.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.
King James Version (1611)
After him repaired their brethren, Bauai, the sonne of Henadad the ruler of the halfe part of Keilah.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And after him repaired his brethren, Benei son of Enadad, ruler of half the district round about Keila.
English Revised Version
After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The britheren of hem, Bethyn, the sone of Enadab, prince of the half part of Cheyla, bildiden after hym.
Update Bible Version
After him repaired their brothers, Binnui the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah.
Webster's Bible Translation
After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.
New King James Version
After him their brethren, under Bavai Nehemiah 3:24).">[fn] the son of Henadad, leader of the other half of the district of Keilah, made repairs.
New Living Translation
Next down the line were his countrymen led by Binnui son of Henadad, the leader of the other half of the district of Keilah.
New Life Bible
After him their brothers did the needed work, led by Bavvai the son of Henadad, leader of the other half of Keilah.
New Revised Standard
After him their kin made repairs: Binnui, son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
after him, repaired, their brethren, Bavvai son of Henadad, - ruler of the other half-circuit of Keilah;
Douay-Rheims Bible
After him built their brethren Bavai the son of Enadad, lord of half Ceila.
Revised Standard Version
After him their brethren repaired: Bav'vai the son of Hen'adad, ruler of half the district of Kei'lah;
Young's Literal Translation
After him have their brethren strengthened, [and] Bavvai son of Henadad, head of the half of the district of Keilah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
After him their brothers carried out repairs under Bavvai the son of Henadad, official of the other half of the district of Keilah.

Contextual Overview

1At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall. 2The men of Jericho built next to Eliashib, and Zaccur son of Imri built next to them. 3The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. 4Next to them, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, made repairs; next to him, Meshullam son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs; and next to him, Zadok son of Baana made repairs as well. 5Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors. 6The Jeshanah Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. 7Next to them, repairs were made by Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, who were under the authority of the governor of the region west of the Euphrates. 8Next to them, Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs, and next to him, Hananiah son of the perfumer made repairs. They fortified Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. 9Next to him, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs; 10next to him, Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs across from his house; and next to him, Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 23:1 - Keilah Nehemiah 10:9 - Henadad Ezekiel 31:17 - that were

Cross-References

Genesis 3:14
So the LORD God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."
Joshua 23:13
know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge for your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
Job 1:21
saying: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD."
Job 5:5
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns; and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
Job 31:40
then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley." Thus conclude the words of Job.
Psalms 90:3
You return man to dust, saying, "Return, O sons of mortals."
Psalms 104:2
He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,
Proverbs 22:5
Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays far from them.
Proverbs 24:31
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

After him repaired their brethren,.... Either the brethren of the two before named particularly, or the Levites their brethren in general, as Jarchi:

Bavai, the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah; the other half of that place.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The constant mention of “priests,” “Levites,” and Nethinims,” sufficiently indicates that the writer is here concerned with the sacerdotal quarter, that immediately about the temple.

Nehemiah 3:18

Bavai - Or, “Binnui” Nehemiah 3:24; Nehemiah 10:9.

The armoury at the turning of the wall - literally, “the armoury of the corner.” The northwestern corner of the special wall of the “city of David” seems to be intended. See Nehemiah 3:1 note.

Nehemiah 3:20

The other piece - Rather, “another piece.” The notice of Baruch’s first piece, like that of Malchijah’s and Hashub’s Nehemiah 3:11, seems to have slipped out of the text.

Nehemiah 3:22

The word here translated “plain” is applied in the rest of Scripture almost exclusively to the Ghor or Jordan valley. Compare, however, Nehemiah 12:28.

Nehemiah 3:24

The turning of the wall - The northeastern angle of the “city of David” seems here to be reached. At this point a tower “lay out” Nehemiah 3:25, or projected extraordinarily, from the wall, being probably a watch-tower commanding the Kidron valley and all the approaches to the city from the southeast, the east, and the northeast.

Nehemiah 3:25

The “king’s high house” is almost certainly the old palace of David, which was on the temple hill, and probably occupied a position directly north of the temple.

That was by the court of the prison - Prisons were in old times adjuncts of palaces. The palace of David must have had its prison; and the “prison gate” Nehemiah 12:39 was clearly in this quarter.

Nehemiah 3:26

The marginal reading is better. On the Nethinims see 1 Chronicles 9:2 note.

Ophel was the slope south of the temple (see the marginal reference “y” note); and the water-gate, a gate in the eastern wall, either for the escape of the superfluous water from the temple reservoirs, or for the introduction of water from the Kidron valley when the reservoirs were low.

Nehemiah 3:27

The foundations of an outlying tower near the southeast angle of the temple area in this position have been recently discovered.

Nehemiah 3:28

“The horse gate” was on the east side of the city, overlooking the Kidron valley. It seems to have been a gate by which horses approached and left the old palace, that of David, which lay north of the temple Nehemiah 3:25.


 
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