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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Nehemiah 3:12

And next vnto him repaired Shallum the sonne of Halloesh the ruler of the halfe part of Ierusalem, hee, and his daughters.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cities;   Government;   Halohesh;   Persia;   Shallum;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Shallum;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Government;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Eliashib;   Hallohesh;   Hananeel, Tower of;   Nehemiah;   Pahath Moab;   Shallum;   Holman Bible Dictionary - District;   Hallohesh;   Nehemiah;   Shallum;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hallohesh;   Isaiah, Book of;   Nehemiah;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Shallum;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Halohesh ;   Locks;   Shallum ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Halo'hesh;   Shal'lum;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hallohesh;   Shallum (1);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Names (Personal);   Shallum;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Beside him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs—he and his daughters.
Hebrew Names Version
Next to him repaired Shallum the son of Hallochesh, the ruler of half the district of Yerushalayim, he and his daughters.
King James Version
And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
English Standard Version
Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.
New Century Version
Next to them Shallum son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half of the district of Jerusalem, and his daughters made repairs.
New English Translation
Shallum son of Hallohesh, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to him, assisted by his daughters.
Amplified Bible
Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.
New American Standard Bible
Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.
World English Bible
Next to him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Next vnto him also fortified Shallum, the sonne of Halloesh, the ruler of the halfe part of Ierusalem, he, and his daughters.
Legacy Standard Bible
Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.
Berean Standard Bible
And next to them, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs, with the help of his daughters.
Contemporary English Version
Shallum son of Hallohesh ruled the other half of the Jerusalem District, and he rebuilt the next section of the wall. Shallum's daughters also worked with him.
Complete Jewish Bible
Next to him Shalum the son of HaLochesh, leader of half the district of Yerushalayim, he and his daughters, made repairs.
Darby Translation
And next to them repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Easy-to-Read Version
Shallum son of Hallohesh repaired the next section of the wall. His daughters helped him. Shallum was the governor of the other half of Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
And next to him repaired Shallum the son of Hattush, the ruler of Jerusalem, he and his sons.
Good News Translation
Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of the other half of the Jerusalem District, built the next section. (His daughters helped with the work.)
Lexham English Bible
Next to him Shallum son of Hallohesh, commander of half of the district of Jerusalem, repaired with his daughters.
Literal Translation
And next to his hand Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters made strong.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Nexte vnto him buylded Sallum the sonne of Halohes the ruler of the halfe quarter of Ierusalem, and his daughters.
American Standard Version
And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Bible in Basic English
Near them was Shallum, the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half Jerusalem, with his daughters.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Next vnto hym buylded Sallum the sonne of Hallohes, the ruler of the halfe part of Hierusalem, he & his daughters.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And next to him repaired Sallum the son of Alloes, the ruler of half the district round about Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
English Revised Version
And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sellum, the sone of Aloes, prince of the half part of a street of Jerusalem, bildide bisidis hym, he and hise sones.
Update Bible Version
And next to him repaired Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Webster's Bible Translation
And next to him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
New King James Version
And next to him was Shallum the son of Hallohesh, leader of half the district of Jerusalem; he and his daughters made repairs.
New Living Translation
Shallum son of Hallohesh and his daughters repaired the next section. He was the leader of the other half of the district of Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the leader of half of Jerusalem, did the needed work, he and his daughters.
New Revised Standard
Next to him Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, at his hand, repaired, Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half-circuit of Jerusalem, - he and his daughters.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And next to him built Sellum the son of Alohes, lord of half the street of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
Revised Standard Version
Next to him Shallum the son of Hallo'hesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.
Young's Literal Translation
And by his hand hath Shallum son of Halohesh, head of the half of the district of Jerusalem, strengthened, he and his daughters.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters.

Contextual Overview

1 Then Eliashib the hie priest, rose vp with his brethren the Priests, and they built the sheepe-gate, they sanctified it, & set vp the doores of it, euen vnto the towre of Meah they sanctified it, vnto the towre of Hananeel. 2 And next vnto him builded the men of Iericho: and next to them builded Zaccur the sonne of Imri. 3 But the fish-gate did the sonnes of Hassenaah build, who also laide the beames thereof, and set vp the doores thereof, the locks thereof, and the barres thereof. 4 And next vnto them repaired Merimoth the son of Uriah, the sonne of Koz: and next vnto them repaired Meshullam the sonne of Berechiah, the sonne of Meshezabeel: and next vnto them repaired Zadok the sonne of Baana. 5 And uext vnto them, the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their neckes to the worke of their Lord. 6 Moreouer the olde gate repaired Iehoiada the sonne of Paseah, and Meshullam the sonne of Besodaiah; they laid the beames thereof, and set vp the doores thereof, and the lockes thereof, and the barres thereof. 7 And next vnto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Iadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, vnto the throne of the gouernour on this side the Riuer. 8 Next vnto him repaired Uzziel the sonne of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths: next vnto him also repaired Hananiah, the sonne of one of the Apothecaries, and they fortified Ierusalem vnto the broad wall. 9 And next vnto them repaired Rephaiah the sonne of Hur, the ruler of the halfe part of Ierusalem. 10 And next vnto them repaired Iedaiah the sonne of Harumaph, euen ouer against his house: and next vnto him repaired Hattush the sonne of Hashabniah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the ruler: Nehemiah 3:9, Nehemiah 3:14-18

he and his daughters: Exodus 35:25, Acts 21:8, Acts 21:9, Philippians 4:3

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 3:15 - the ruler Nehemiah 3:16 - the ruler

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him an helpe meet for him.
Genesis 2:20
And Adam gaue names to all cattell, and to the foule of the aire, and to euery beast of the fielde: but for Adam there was not found an helpe meete for him.
Genesis 2:22
And the rib which the LORD God had taken from man, made hee a woman, & brought her vnto the man.
Genesis 3:13
And the LORD God said vnto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The Serpent beguiled me, and I did eate.
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seed and her seed: it shal bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heele.
Genesis 3:20
And Adam called his wiues name Eue, because she was the mother of all liuing.
Genesis 3:21
Unto Adam also, and to his wife, did the LORD God make coates of skinnes, and cloathed them.
Genesis 3:24
So he droue out the man: and he placed at the East of the garden of Eden, Cherubims, and a flaming sword, which turned euery way, to keepe the way of the tree of life.
Job 31:33
If I couered my transgressions, as Adam: by hiding mine iniquitie in my bosome:
Proverbs 19:3
The foolishnesse of man peruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And next unto him repaired Shallum, the son of Hallohesh,.... So called, as Ben Melech says, from his being an enchanter of serpents, or a wise prudent counsellor:

the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem; of the other half; see Nehemiah 3:9

he and his daughters; who were rich widows or heiresses, and employed men to build at their own expense; he seems to have had no sons.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 3:12. 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 Nehemiah 3:9.


 
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