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Nehemiah 3:18

Nehemiah 3:18
After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And next to him repaired Ezer, the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah,.... Either of another Mizpah, or of the other half of Mizpah, Neh 3:15

another piece; or a second piece; one of the two pieces;…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Nehemiah 3:17-30

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. Neh 3:18 Bavai -…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Nehemiah 3:1-32

The best way to know how to divide this chapter is to observe how the work was divided among the undertakers, that every one might know what he had to do, and mind it accordingly with a holy…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

their brethren i.e. the men of the other half of the same district.

Bavai, the son of Henadad This can hardly be different from the -Binnui, the son of Henadad" mentioned in Neh 3:3. So the LXX. which…