Nehemia 3:12
Konteks3:12 Shallum son of Hallohesh, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to him, assisted by his daughters. 1
Nehemia 3:24
Konteks3:24 After him Binnui son of Henadad worked on another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress and the corner.
[3:12] 1 tc The reference to daughters, while not impossible, is odd in light of the cultural improbability that young women would participate in the strenuous labor of rebuilding city walls. All other such references in the Book of Nehemiah presuppose male laborers. Not surprisingly, some scholars suspect a textual problem. One medieval Hebrew