All God's Women

After the completion of the wall, Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem to evaluate the situation. Unfortunately, he found much that disturbed him including Jewish men who had married wives from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.

Nehemiah lamented because the children of these mixed marriages could only speak the language of their mothers. They didn’t speak the language of Judah. Which meant they were not spending time with other Jews or participating in Jewish worship...

Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.”

As ruler, Shallum would have had servants and officials who he could have assigned to do the work. Instead, he did it himself and even involved his daughters. And we can assume the daughters worked willingly as there’s no mention otherwise...

Barzillai the Gileadite was a prominent ally of David. He was a rich and noble man, and his daughters inherited his estate. One of his daughters married a Levite, but instead of her taking his name, he took hers. The problem was that it caused confusion when his name was not listed among the Levites. As a result of his decision to associate himself with Barzillai rather than his own family, he was deemed unworthy to be a priest...

Ephraim's daughter Sheerah  built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah.”

Some Bible scholars say Sheerah built, rebuilt, or restored the cities, or that she designed the structures and layout. Some scholars think she may have fortified or enlarged existing cities. Others say she may have just received them as an inheritance and her descendants occupied the cities...