Nehemiah 12:9

9 Bakbukiah and Unn and their associates stood opposite them in the service.

Nehemiah 12:9 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:9

Also Bakbukiah and Unni
Two other Levites; the first is mentioned in ( Nehemiah 11:17 ) ,

their brethren, were over against them in the watches;
the Levites were divided into twenty four wards, and these were placed one against another, ( 1 Chronicles 23:6 ) ( 26:12 ) .

Nehemiah 12:9 In-Context

7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and of their associates in the days of Jeshua.

8 The Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and also Mattaniah, who was in charge of the thanksgiving songs along with his associates.

9 Bakbukiah and Unn and their associates stood opposite them in the service.

10 Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,

11 Joiada the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan the father of Jaddua.