Nehemiah 12:9

9 Also Bakbukyah and Unno, their brothers, were over against them according to their offices.

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, Hilkiyah, Yedayah. These were the chiefs of the Kohanim and of their brothers in the days of Yeshua.

8 Moreover the Levites: Yeshua, Binnui, Kadmi'el, Sherevyah, Yehudah, [and] Mattanyah, who was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers.

9 Also Bakbukyah and Unno, their brothers, were over against them according to their offices.

10 Yeshua became the father of Yoiakim, and Yoiakim became the father of Elyashiv, and Elyashiv became the father of Yoiada,

11 and Yoiada became the father of Yonatan, and Yonatan became the father of Yaddua.