Nehemiah 12:25
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
Context
This verse from Nehemiah Chapter 12 connects to 10 cross-references. A genealogy of priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel is given, followed by a list of high priests from the restoration through Jaddua. Nehemiah organizes a grand dedication of the completed wall: two large choirs process in opposite directions …
Other Translations
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, <FI>are<Fi> gatekeepers, keeping charge in the gatherings of the gates.
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were door-keepers keeping the watch at the store-houses of the doors.
Cross References
And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons …
And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;
And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, …
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister …
To Obed–edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the …
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set …