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Nehemiah 12:25

King James Version (KJV)

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Nehemiah 12:25

Verse 25 of 47

Scripture focus

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, [were] porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

Nehemiah 12:25 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Nehemiah 12:25

Theological / Devotional

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah. Mattaniah and Bakbukiah are mentioned in ch. 11:17 as leaders of two choirs. With them was Abda (a variant spelling for Obadiah). The apparent difficulty of their being listed here among the “porters” disappears when the three names are considered as clearly belonging to v. 24 (see on v. 24).

Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub. Chiefs of the doorkeepers. The last two names occur as such both in Ezra 2:42 and Neh. 11:19, and even in 1 Chron. 9:17. Accordingly, these were the ancient names of houses of Levitical doorkeepers.

Thresholds. More accurately, “treasuries,” as in the KJV margin, or “storehouses” (RSV). The “porters” were the Temple police, and therefore guarded the storerooms and treasury of the Temple. These may have been in close proximity to the gates, as some commentators think.

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