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Nehemiah 11:19

AkkubTalmon

17 Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

18 The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.

And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.

20 The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inheritance.

21 The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa over them.

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BSB
And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
KJV
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
WEB
Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
ASV
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred seventy and two.
DARBY
And the doorkeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred and seventy-two.
BLB
And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, those watching at the gates—a hundred seventy-two.
ÅB
Av dørvokterne var det: Akkub, Talmon og deres brødre, som holdt vakt ved portene, i alt hundre og to og sytti.
OTB
Portvaktene: Akkub, Talmon og deres brødre, som holdt vakt ved portene—172 menn.
B1930
Av dørvokterne var det: Akkub, Talmon og deres brødre, som holdt vakt ved portene, i alt hundre og to og sytti.

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Cross references

  • Nehemiah 12:25

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

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  • Nehemiah 7:45

    The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138 in all.

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  • Psalms 84:10

    For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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  • 1 Chronicles 9:17–22

    These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;

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