# Malkijah ... Recab

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

# Malkijah son of Recab, the ruler

Malkijah was the ruler, not Recab.

# ruler

leader or chief administrator. See how you translated this in [Nehemiah 3:9](../03/09.md).

# 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.