Bakbukiah

  1. Shammua’s son. He was a Levite who helped Mattaniah at the thanksgiving services in the temple (Nehemiah 11:17).

  2. A Levite who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel after the exile in Babylon (Nehemiah 12:9).

  3. One of the gatekeepers who was in charge of storage rooms at the temple gates (Nehemiah 12:25).

It is not clear whether these references are to one, two, or three persons.

People and places

Bakbukiah: A Levite who served in Jerusalem after the exile