540 B
540 B
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.
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.