Nehemiah 3:11

11 mediam partem vici aedificavit Melchias filius Erem et Asub filius Phaethmoab et turrem Furnorum

Nehemiah 3:11 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 3:11

Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab,
&c.] The fathers of these were heads of families that came out of captivity with Zerubbabel, ( Ezra 2:6 Ezra 2:32 )

repaired the other piece:
or second piece, below and next to that which Hattush repaired, the last builder mentioned:

and the tower of the furnaces;
near to which were furnaces for the baking of bread, or of bricks.

Nehemiah 3:11 In-Context

9 et iuxta eum aedificavit Rafaia filius Ahur princeps vici Hierusalem

10 et iuxta eos aedificavit Ieiada filius Aromath contra domum suam et iuxta eum aedificavit Attus filius Asebeniae

11 mediam partem vici aedificavit Melchias filius Erem et Asub filius Phaethmoab et turrem Furnorum

12 iuxta eum aedificavit Sellum filius Alloes princeps mediae partis vici Hierusalem ipse et filiae eius

13 et portam Vallis aedificavit Anun et habitatores Zanoe ipsi aedificaverunt eam et statuerunt valvas eius et seras et vectes et mille cubitos in muro usque ad portam Sterquilinii