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Nehemiah 3:9

The next section was worked on by Rephaiah son of Hur, mayor of a half-district of Jerusalem. Next to him Jedaiah son of Harumaph rebuilt the front of his house; Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked next to him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cities;   Ezer;   Government;   Hur;   Persia;   Rephaiah;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Government;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Eliashib;   Hananeel, Tower of;   Hur;   Rephaiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - District;   Hur;   Nehemiah;   Rephaiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hur;   Isaiah, Book of;   Nehemiah;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Rephaiah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hur;   Locks;   Rephaiah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Hup'pim;   Reph'aiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hur;   Rephaiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hur;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
Hebrew Names Version
Next to them repaired Refayah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Yerushalayim.
King James Version
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.
New Century Version
The next part of the wall was repaired by Rephaiah son of Hur, the ruler of half of the district of Jerusalem.
New English Translation
Rephaiah son of Hur, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to them.
Amplified Bible
Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
New American Standard Bible
And next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
World English Bible
Next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also next vnto them fortified Rephaiah, the sonne of Hur, the ruler of the halfe part of Ierusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
Berean Standard Bible
Next to him, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, made repairs;
Contemporary English Version
Rephaiah son of Hur ruled half of the Jerusalem District, and he rebuilt the next section of the wall.
Complete Jewish Bible
Next to them Refayah the son of Hur, leader of half the district of Yerushalayim, made repairs.
Darby Translation
And next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
Easy-to-Read Version
Rephaiah son of Hur repaired the next section of the wall. Rephaiah was the governor of half of Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
And next to them Jeremiah the son of Hur, the governor of Jerusalem, repaired.
Good News Translation
Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half of the Jerusalem District, built the next section.
Lexham English Bible
Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, commander of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.
Literal Translation
And next to their hand Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, made strong.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Nexte vnto him buylded Rephaia the sonne of Hur, the ruler of the halfe quarter of Ierusalem.
American Standard Version
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
Near them was working Rephaiah, the son of Hur, the ruler of half Jerusalem.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Next vnto them buylded Raphaiah the sonne of Hur, the ruler of the halfe part of Hierusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.
King James Version (1611)
And next vnto them repaired Rephaiah the sonne of Hur, the ruler of the halfe part of Ierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And next to them repaired Raphaea the son of Sur, the ruler of half the district round about Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Raphaie, the sone of Hahul, prince of a street of Jerusalem, bildide bisidis him.
Update Bible Version
And next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem.
Webster's Bible Translation
And next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
New King James Version
And next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, leader of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
New Living Translation
Rephaiah son of Hur, the leader of half the district of Jerusalem, was next to them on the wall.
New Life Bible
Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, the leader of half of Jerusalem, did the needed work.
New Revised Standard
Next to them Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and, at their hand, repaired, Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-circuit of Jerusalem;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And next to him built Raphaia the son of Hur, lord of the street of Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
Next to them Rephai'ah the son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.
Young's Literal Translation
And by their hand hath Rephaiah son of Hur, head of the half of the district of Jerusalem, strengthened.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.

Contextual Overview

1The high priest Eliashib and his fellow priests were up and at it: They went to work on the Sheep Gate; they repaired it and hung its doors, continuing on as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. The men of Jericho worked alongside them; and next to them, Zaccur son of Imri. 3The Fish Gate was built by the Hassenaah brothers; they repaired it, hung its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, worked; next to him Meshullam son of Berekiah, the son of Meshezabel; next to him Zadok son of Baana; and next to him the Tekoites (except for their nobles, who wouldn't work with their master and refused to get their hands dirty with such work). 6The Jeshanah Gate was rebuilt by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah; they repaired it, hung its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. Melatiah the Gibeonite, Jadon the Meronothite, and the men of Gibeon and Mizpah, which was under the rule of the governor from across the Euphrates, worked alongside them. Uzziel son of Harhaiah of the goldsmiths' guild worked next to him, and next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers. They rebuilt the wall of Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. 9The next section was worked on by Rephaiah son of Hur, mayor of a half-district of Jerusalem. Next to him Jedaiah son of Harumaph rebuilt the front of his house; Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked next to him. 11Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab rebuilt another section that included the Tower of Furnaces. Working next to him was Shallum son of Hallohesh, mayor of the other half-district of Jerusalem, along with his daughters. 13 The Valley Gate was rebuilt by Hanun and villagers of Zanoah; they repaired it, hung its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. They went on to repair 1,500 feet of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate. 14 The Dung Gate itself was rebuilt by Malkijah son of Recab, the mayor of the district of Beth Hakkerem; he repaired it, hung its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. 15 The Fountain Gate was rebuilt by Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, mayor of the Mizpah district; he repaired it, roofed it, hung its doors, and installed its bolts and bars. He also rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam at the King's Garden as far as the steps that go down from the City of David. 16 After him came Nehemiah son of Azbuk, mayor of half the district of Beth Zur. He worked from just in front of the Tomb of David as far as the Pool and the House of Heroes. 17Levites under Rehum son of Bani were next in line. Alongside them, Hashabiah, mayor of half the district of Keilah, represented his district in the rebuilding. Next to him their brothers continued the rebuilding under Binnui son of Henadad, mayor of the other half-district of Keilah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the ruler: Nehemiah 3:12, Nehemiah 3:17

Reciprocal: Numbers 7:84 - the princes Nehemiah 3:14 - the ruler Nehemiah 3:15 - the ruler Nehemiah 3:16 - the ruler Nehemiah 7:43 - Hodevah

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
The Man said, "The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it." God said to the Woman, "What is this that you've done?"
Genesis 3:13
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."
Genesis 3:17
He told the Man: "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree That I commanded you not to eat from, ‘Don't eat from this tree,' The very ground is cursed because of you; getting food from the ground Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife; you'll be working in pain all your life long. The ground will sprout thorns and weeds, you'll get your food the hard way, Planting and tilling and harvesting, sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt."
Genesis 3:20
The Man, known as Adam, named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
Genesis 3:21
God made leather clothing for Adam and his wife and dressed them.
Genesis 4:9
God said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "How should I know? Am I his babysitter?"
Genesis 11:5
God came down to look over the city and the tower those people had built.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And next unto them repaired Rephaiah, the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. That city belonging partly to the tribe of Judah, and partly to the tribe of Benjamin; one part of it was under a governor that was of the tribe of Judah, as this man seems to be; and the other part under one of the tribe of Benjamin; see Nehemiah 3:12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Nehemiah 3:9. Ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. — Probably the city was divided into two parts; one for Judah, and the other for Benjamin, each having its proper governor. Rephaiah mentioned here was one of these governors, and Shallum, mentioned Nehemiah 3:12, was the other. There were other rulers or governors of particular country or village districts.


 
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