Nehemiah 12:25

25 When I gathered the porters,

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 And the sons of Levi, heads of families, written in the book of the chronicles, even to the days of Joanan son of Elisue.

24 And the heads of the Levites Asabia, and Sarabia, and Jesu: and the sons of Cadmiel, and their brethren over against them, were to sing hymns of praise, according to the commandment of David the man of God, course by course.

25 When I gathered the porters,

26 in the days of Joakim son of Jesus, son of Josedec, and in the days of Neemia: and Esdras the priest scribe.

27 And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites in their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep a feast of dedication and gladness with thanksgiving, and they sounded cymbals with songs, and psalteries and harps.