Also the gatekeepers,Akkub,Talmonand their brethrenwho keptwatchat the gates,[were] 172
So they cameand calledto the gatekeepersof the city,and they toldthem, saying,"We cameto the campof the Arameans,and behold,therewas noonethere,northe voiceof man,onlythe horsestiedand the donkeystied,and the tentsjustas they were."
Allthe Levitesin the holycity[were] 284
The restof Israel,of the priests[and] of the Levites,[were] in allthe citiesof Judah,eachon his own inheritance.
Mattaniah,Bakbukiah,Obadiah,Meshullam,Talmon[and] Akkub[were] gatekeeperskeepingwatchat the storehousesof the gates.
The gatekeepers:the sonsof Shallum,the sonsof Ater,the sonsof Talmon,the sonsof Akkub,the sonsof Hatita,the sonsof Shobai,138
For a dayin Your courtsis betterthana thousand[outside]. I would rather standat the thresholdof the houseof my GodThandwellin the tentsof wickedness.
