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Neh 3:11

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1 Jewish · 1 Reformed · 1 Methodist · 1 Catholic

Neh 3:11 · Douay-Rheims
“Melchias the son of Herem, and Hasub the son of Phahath Moab, built half the street, and the tower of the furnaces.”
Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1105
A.D.
Rashi Jewish
1040–1105
“a second measure Just like the measurement which his friend built before [him], so he also built like [his friend.] a second measure in the building of the wall. The expression of measure is inappropriate for the building of the gates because they have [a measure] only in the building of a part of the wall, for we do not find in the entire chapter of the building of the gates the expression of a measure. the Tower of the Furnaces He also built a tower by that name. All these towers in the chapter were built in the wall around the city.”
Source
666 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1771
A.D.
John Gill Reformed
1697–1771
“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 Neh 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.”
Source
1832
A.D.
Adam Clarke Methodist
1762–1832
“Repaired the other piece - That which was left by Jedaiah after he had repaired the wall opposite to his own house. Probably some of the principal people were obliged to repair those parts of the wall opposite to their own dwellings. Perhaps this was the case generally.”
Source
1849
A.D.
George Leo Haydock Catholic
1774–1849
“Built. Hebrew, “repaired the other piece,” or the part of the wall which corresponded with half a division, as in the following ver. 12, 15, 24, &c.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.