Nehemiah 3:18

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.

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.

Berean Standard Bible
Next to them, their countrymen made repairs under Binnui son of Henadad, ruler of the other half-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.

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

¹ The name of the high priest was Eliashib. He and his brothers, the priests, went to work and built the Sheep Gate. They prayed to make that gate holy to God. They set its doors in place in the wall. The priests worked on the wall of Jerusalem as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. They prayed to make all this work holy to God. ² The men from Jericho built the wall next to the priests. And Zaccur son of a man named Imri built the wall next to the men of Jericho. ³ The sons of a man named Hassenaah built the Fish Gate. They set the beams in place. They put doors on the building. Then they put the locks and bolts on the doors. ⁴ Meremoth son of Uriah repaired the next section of the wall. (Uriah was the son of Hakkoz.) Meshullam son of Berekiah repaired the next section of the wall. (Berekiah was the son of Meshezabel.) Zadok son of Baana repaired the next section of the wall. ⁵ The men from Tekoa repaired the next section of the wall, but the leaders from Tekoa refused to work for Nehemiah their governor. ⁶ Joiada and Meshullam fixed the Old Gate. Joiada is the son of Paseah and Meshullam is the son of Besodeiah. They set the beams in place. They put the doors on the hinges. Then they put the locks and bolts on the doors. ⁷ The men from Gibeon and Mizpah fixed the next section of the wall. Melatiah from Gibeon and Jadon from Meronoth did the work. Gibeon and Meronoth are places that are controlled by the governors of the area west of the Euphrates River. ⁸ Uzziel son of Harhaiah repaired the next section of the wall. Uzziel was a goldsmith. Hananiah was one of the perfume makers. These men built and repaired Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. ⁹ Rephaiah son of Hur repaired the next section of the wall. Rephaiah was the governor of half of Jerusalem. ¹⁰ Jedaiah son of Harumaph repaired the next section of the wall. Jedaiah repaired the wall next to his own house. Hattush son of Hashabneiah repaired the next section.

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 snake, "You did this very bad thing, so bad things will happen to you. It will be worse for you than for any other animal. You must crawl on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:15
I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. You will bite her child's foot, but he will crush your head."

Joshua 23:13
the Lord your God will not help you defeat your enemies. They will become like a trap for you. They will cause you pain—like smoke and dust in your eyes. And you will be forced to leave this good land. The Lord your God gave you this land. But you can lose it if you don't obey this command.

Job 1:21
and said, "When I was born into this world, I was naked and had nothing. When I die and leave this world, I will be naked and have nothing. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Praise the name of the Lord !"

Job 5:5
Hungry people ate all his crops, even the grain growing among the thorns, and greedy people took all he had.

Job 31:40
If I ever did any of these bad things, let thorns and weeds grow in my fields instead of wheat and barley!" Job's words are finished.

Psalms 90:3
You bring people into this world, and you change them into dust again.

Psalms 104:2
You wear light like a robe. You spread out the skies like a curtain.

Proverbs 22:5
Evil people are trapped by many troubles, but those who want to live avoid them.

Proverbs 24:31
Weeds were growing everywhere! Wild vines covered the ground, and the wall around the vineyard was broken and falling 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.