So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and told them, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.”
Nehemiah 11:19 - Revised Standard Version The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren, who kept watch at the gates, were a hundred and seventy-two. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, who kept watch, were 172. American Standard Version (1901) Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred seventy and two. Common English Bible The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates who guarded the gates totaled 172. Catholic Public Domain Version And the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who guarded the doorways, were one hundred seventy-two. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the porters: Accub, Telmon, and their brethren, who kept the doors: a hundred seventy-two. |
So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and told them, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.”
And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storehouses of the gates.
The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, a hundred and thirty-eight.
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.