OLD TESTAMENT

Nehemiah 3:9

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Next to them, Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs.

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Verse 9. Street. Prot. “of the half part,” ( Bible.) belonging to Benjamin. Sellum was the inspector of that part which fell to the share of Juda, verse 12. Calmet. 4:19. Grotius.—Jerusalem, like all great cities, was divided into parts. Calmet.

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