Nehemiah 3:14

“But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, etc.] If this was one of the Rechabites, they were forbid to build houses, (<243507>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 <240601>Jeremiah 6:1), he built it, and set up the doors thereof; etc. as in (<160303>Nehemiah 3:3).”

“Beth-haccerem--a city of Judah, supposed to be now occupied by Bethulia, on a hill of the same name, which is sometimes called also the mountain of the Franks, between Jerusalem and Tekoa.”

“Beth - haccerem - A town or territory, the government whereof was divided between two persons. Nehemiah 3:16”

“3:14-15 These verses focus on the reconstruction of the southern tip of the city where the Hinnom Valley and Kidron Valley meet. 3:14 The Beth-hakkerem district might have been about two miles (3.2 kilometers) south of Jerusalem (at modern Ramat Rachel) or five miles (8 kilometers) west (at modern Ain Karem).”

“the dung gate: Neh 2:13, Neh 12:31 the ruler: Neh 3:9, Neh 3:12, Neh 3:15-18 Bethhaccerem: Beth-haccerem was a town of Judah, situated on a mountain, between Jerusalem and Tekoa, according to Jerome on Jer. 6. Dr. Pococke conjectures that the Mountain of the Franks, called also the Mount of Bethulia, from a village of that name near it, west-north-west of Tekoa, is the ancient Beth-haccerem; the position of which seems to agree with the citadel of Herodium, built by Herod, on a moderate-sized hill, sixty furlongs from Jerusalem. Jer 6:1 Nehemiah 3:15”