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Nehemiah 3:11 Explained in Context
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Verse 11. 11Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
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Role in This Section
This verse joins Malchijah and Hasshub in repairing another section and the tower of the furnaces.
Read It With
- Nehemiah 3:6–3:12
Read Nehemiah 3:6–3:12 together. This verse joins Malchijah and Hasshub in repairing another section and the tower of the furnaces. Read Nehemiah 3:6–3:12 as one complete scene: Goldsmiths, apothecaries, rulers, householders, and Shallum's daughters repair adjoining sections of wall.
Why It Needs Context
This line performs one particular step inside Nehemiah 3:6–3:12; read it with the unit's movement. The syntax confirms the daughters' inclusion but does not specify whether they funded, supervised, or performed manual work. Specifically, this verse joins Malchijah and Hasshub in repairing another section and the tower of the furnaces.
Read Nehemiah 3:6–12 together
Why these verses belong together: The Old Gate sector links named crews, guilds, district rulers, household repair, and Shallum's daughters before the route turns south.
Verse 6. 6 Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
Verse 7. 7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river.
Verse 8. 8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall.
Verse 9. 9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem.
Verse 10. 10 And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah.
Verse 11. 11 Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.
Verse 12. 12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters.
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Read Nehemiah 3:6–3:12 — Trades, districts, households, and daughters repair togetherSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
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Exact location: Nehemiah 3:6–3:12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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