“After him, their brothers, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah made repairs.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Nehemiah 3 contains 32 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.