Nehemiah 12:25

English Standard Version 2016

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storehouses of the gates.

Cross References

Isaiah 21:8

Then he who saw cried out: “Upon a watchtower I stand, O Lord, continually by day, and at my post I am stationed whole nights.

1 Chronicles 26:15

Obed-edom’s came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the gatehouse.

1 Chronicles 26:12

These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brothers did, ministering in the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 23:32

Thus they were to keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and to attend the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 7:10

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 donkeys tied and the tents as they were.”

1 Chronicles 26:17

On the east there were six each day, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the gatehouse.

2 Chronicles 8:14

According to the ruling of David his father, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their offices of praise and ministry before the priests as the duty of each day required, and the gatekeepers in their divisions at each gate, for so David the man of God had commanded.