Nehemiah 12 · Verse 25

Nehemiah 12:25

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
Nehemiah 12:25, King James Version

Nehemiah 12:25 in other translations

BSBMattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
WEBMattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.
ASVMattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.
YLTMattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, are gatekeepers, keeping charge in the gatherings of the gates.
DARBYMattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were doorkeepers keeping the ward at the storehouses of the gates.
BBEMattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were door-keepers keeping the watch at the store-houses of the doors.
WebsterMattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the threshholds of the gates.

What does Nehemiah 12:25 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 The thresholds of the gates - Some understand this of a sort of porticoes at the gates, and are puzzled about it, because they find no mention of porticoes elsewhere: but why may we not suppose these to resemble our watch-boxes or some temporary moveable shelters for those who took care of the gates? That there must have been some such conveniences, common sense dictates.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Nehemiah 12:1-26

It is a debt we owe to faithful ministers, to remember our guides, who have spoken to us the word of God. It is good to know what our godly predecessors were, that we may learn what we should be.

Read the full comment on Nehemiah 12:1-26 →

Nehemiah 12:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מַתַּנְיָ֧הma.tan.YahMattaniahH4983
וּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֛הu.vak.buk.Yahand BakbukiahH1229
עֹבַדְיָ֥ה'oad.YahObadiahH5662
מְשֻׁלָּ֖םme.shu.LamMeshullamH4918
טַלְמ֣וֹןtal.MonTalmonH2929
עַקּ֑וּב'a.KuvAkkubH6126
שֹׁמְרִ֤יםsho.me.RimkeepingH8104
שֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙sho.'a.Rim[were] gatekeepersH7778
מִשְׁמָ֔רmish.MarguardH4929
בַּאֲסֻפֵּ֖יba.'a.su.Peiat [the] storerooms ofH624
הַשְּׁעָרִֽים\׃ha.she.'a.Rimthe gatesH8179

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Nehemiah 12:25

  • 1 Chronicles 9:14-17

    And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief;

  • Nehemiah 11:17-19

    And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.

  • 1 Chronicles 23:32

    And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 21:8

    And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

  • 1 Chronicles 26:12

    Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.

  • Nehemiah 12:8-9

    Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.

  • 1 Chronicles 26:15

    To Obed–edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mattaniah.
8,9; 11:17-19; 1Ch 9:14-17
keeping.
1Ch 23:32; 26:12; Isa 21:8
thresholds. or, treasuries, or assemblies.

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Context

  • Nehemiah 12:24

    And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.

  • Nehemiah 12:25

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

  • Nehemiah 12:26

    These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

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Nehemiah 12:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mathanías, y Bacbucías, Obadías, Mesullam, Talmón, Accub, guardas, eran porteros para la guardia á las entradas de las puertas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Matthania et Bakbukia, Abdias, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, faisaient la garde comme portiers aux magasins des portes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mattanja und Bakbukja, Obadja, Meschullam, Talmon, Akkub hielten als Torhüter Wache bei den Vorratskammern der Tore. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Mathania, et Becbecia, Obedia, Mosollam, Telmon, Accub, custodes portarum et vestibulorum ante portas.