Nehemiah 12:25

25 [This included] Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah.^[a] Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.^[b]

Nehemiah 12:25 Meaning and Commentary

Nehemiah 12:25

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub,
were porters
At the gates of the temple, see ( 1 Chronicles 9:15-17 ) ,

keeping the ward, at the thresholds of the gates;
of the temple, where they stood and watched; or "at the collection of the gates", meaning either where the people were gathered together, or where money gathered was laid up; and so some render it, "the treasuries of the gates": unless a place called Asuppim should be meant, ( 1 Chronicles 26:15 1 Chronicles 26:17 ) .

Nehemiah 12:25 In-Context

23 Levi's descendants, the leaders of families, were recorded in the Book of the Historical Records during the days of Johanan son of Eliashib.

24 The leaders of the Levites-Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their relatives opposite them-gave praise and thanks, division by division, as David the man of God had prescribed.

25 [This included] Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

26 These [served] in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.

27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sent for the Levites wherever they lived and brought them to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.

Footnotes

• [a]. Neh 11:17
• [b]. Neh 11:19; 1 Ch 26:15,17; Ezr 2:42