# Malchijah ... Recab ... Shallun ... Kol-Hozeh

These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Malchijah son of Recab, the ruler

Malchijah was the ruler, not Recab.

# ruler

"chief administrator" or "leader"

# Beth Hakkerem

This is the name of a place. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# He ... set its doors

"He installed its doors" or "He put its doors in place"

# its bolts, and its bars

"its locks, and its bars." These locked the gates securely.

# Shallun son of Kol-Hozeh, the ruler

Shallun was the ruler, not Kol-Hozeh.

# the wall of the Pool of Siloam

This means that the wall was beside the Pool of Siloam. AT: "the wall that surrounded the Pool of Siloam" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-possession]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/son]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ruler]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/dung]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gate]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fountain]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cityofdavid]]