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 ) .