Nehemiah 3:14

But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab ,.... If this was one of the Rechabites, they were forbid to build houses, Jeremiah 35:7 but, perhaps, though they might not build private houses for themselves to dwell in, they might be employed in building walls and fortresses for public security; though it is more probable that this man was not of that family:

the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem ; or of the tract of Bethhaccerem, a place between Tekoah and Jerusalem; see Jeremiah 6:1 ,

he built it, and set up the doors thereof ; &c.; as in Nehemiah 3:3 .