John Trapp on Nehemiah 3:12

Verſe 12. Shallum the ſonne of Aalloeſh] Some read it the ſonne of an Inchanter, or Conjurer: and tell us, that Conjuring was a common thing among the Jews, as Acts 13. Elymas, and elſewhere the ſonnes of Sceva, &c. But Shallum (if ever any ſuch) forſook that Science (as did afterwards alſo Cyprian) to become a Chriſtian.

He and his daughters] Either finiſhing what their father (now dead had begun; or parting with their portions toward the repair of the wall: and haply laying their own hands to the Lords work.