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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

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.