Nehemiah 12:25
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Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
In other translations
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
Hebrew words
מַתַּנְיָהmatanyahMattaniahH4983וּבַקְבֻּקְיָהuvakbukyahand BakbukiahH1229עֹבַדְיָה'oadyahObadiahH5662מְשֻׁלָּםmeshulamMeshullamH4918טַלְמוֹןtalmonTalmonH2929עַקּוּב'akuvAkkubH6126שֹׁמְרִיםshomerimkeepingH8104שׁוֹעֲרִיםsho'arim[were] gatekeepersH7778מִשְׁמָרmishmarguardH4929בַּאֲסֻפֵּיba'asupeiat [the] storerooms ofH624הַשְּׁעָרִים׃hashe'arimthe gatesH8179
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Related verses
- 1 Chronicles 26:12Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their brothers did.
- 1 Chronicles 26:15To Obed–edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-edom, and the lot for the storehouses to his sons.
- Nehemiah 12:8-98 Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.8 The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving. 9 Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood across from them in the services.
- Nehemiah 11:17-1917 And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. 19 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.17 Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 18 The Levites in the holy city totaled 284. 19 And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
- 1 Chronicles 9:14-1714 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. 17 And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;14 From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari; 15 Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 16 Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites. 17 These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.
- 1 Chronicles 23:32And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
- Isaiah 21:8And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
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People and places
People: Akkub, Bakbukiah, Mattaniah (1 Chronicles 9), Meshullam (Nehemiah 12) 3, Obadiah (son of Shemaiah), Talmon