Nehemiah 12:25

Translations

Modern

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

Traditional

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

Literal

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub, were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.

Latin

Mathania, et Becbecia, Obedia, Mosollam, Telmon, Accub, custodes portarum et vestibulorum ante portas.

Original

Hebrew

English

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

Notes

Nehemiah 12:1–26

These lists of priests and Levites include those who originally returned from exile with Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 12:1–9), a chronological list of high priests (12:10–11), and the priests and Levites who served during Joiakim's time, the high priest during Nehemiah and Ezra's era (12:12–26).

Theme notes and profiles

Nehemiah

Related verses

1 Chronicles 26:15
The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-edom, and the lot for the storehouses to his sons.
Nehemiah 11:17–19
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.
Nehemiah 12:8–9
The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.
1 Chronicles 26:12
These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their relatives did.
1 Chronicles 9:14–17
From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;
1 Chronicles 23:32
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 21:8
Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.

People

Akkub: Levite gatekeeper during the post-exilic period Bakbukiah: A Levite who served in Jerusalem after the exile Mattaniah: Levite singer and gatekeeper during the time of Nehemiah Meshullam: A Levite gatekeeper during Nehemiah's time Obadiah: Gatekeeper, descendant of Jeduthun Talmon: Levite gatekeeper who returned from Babylonian exile

Glossary

Akkub Bakbukiah Book of Nehemiah Genealogy Gratitude Jeshua (Person) Joiakim Kohath, Kohathites Mattaniah Meshullam Obadiah (Person) Talmon

Topics

Akkub: A Returned Exile Bakbukiah: A Levite Meshullam: A Levite Obadiah: A Gatekeeper of Jerusalem, Under Nehemiah Porters: They Also Served As Porters of the Gates of the Walls Talmon: Family of, Return from Captivity with Zerubbabel The Levites: Services of Keeping the Gates of the Temple

Nehemiah 12:25

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