Nehemiah 12:25 BSB — MannaFest

Nehemiah 12:25

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

BSB

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ASV

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters,.... At the gates of the temple, see 1Ch 9:15, 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, 1Ch 26:15.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

In 1Ch 9:17, 1Ch 9:24, 1Ch 9:26, four families of porters only are mentioned; six are implied here, in Neh 7:45, and in Ezr 2:42. From 1Ch 26:14-19 it appears that the temple had four chief gates, fronting the cardinal points, and two minor ones, “toward Asuppim,” and “at Parbar.”

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מַתַּנְיָ֧ה	ma.tan.Yah	Mattaniah	H4983 →
וּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֛ה	u.vak.buk.Yah	and Bakbukiah	H1229 →
עֹבַדְיָ֥ה	'oad.Yah	Obadiah	H5662 →
מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם	me.shu.Lam	Meshullam	H4918 →
טַלְמ֣וֹן	tal.Mon	Talmon	H2929 →
עַקּ֑וּב	'a.Kuv	Akkub	H6126 →
שֹׁמְרִ֤ים	sho.me.Rim	keeping	H8104 →
שֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙	sho.'a.Rim	[were] gatekeepers	H7778 →
מִשְׁמָ֔ר	mish.Mar	guard	H4929 →
בַּאֲסֻפֵּ֖י	ba.'a.su.Pei	at [the] storerooms of	H624 →
הַשְּׁעָרִֽים׃	ha.she.'a.Rim	the gates	H8179 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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1 Chronicles 23:32
So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
leads to
- Numbers 1:53
  But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the…
- Numbers 3:38
  Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service…
- Numbers 3:6–9
  “Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.
- 1 Chronicles 9:27
  They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.
Through
1 Chronicles 26:15
The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-edom, and the lot for the storehouses to his sons.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 25:24
  He took all the gold and silver and all the articles found in the house of God with Obed-edom and in the treasuries of the royal palace, as well as some hostages. Then he…
Through
Isaiah 21:8
Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.
leads to
- Habakkuk 2:1–2
  I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.
- Jeremiah 4:7
  A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and…
- Psalms 63:6
  When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

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