Nehemiah 12:25

New English Translation

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

Cross References

2 Kings 7:10

So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city. They told them, “We entered the Syrian camp and there was no one there. We didn’t even hear a man’s voice. But the horses and donkeys are still tied up, and the tents remain up.”

1 Chronicles 23:32

They were in charge of the meeting tent and the holy place, and helped their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, in the service of the Lord’s temple.

1 Chronicles 26:12

These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had assigned responsibilities, like their relatives, as they served in the Lord’s temple.

1 Chronicles 26:15

Obed-Edom was assigned the south gate, and his sons were assigned the storehouses.

1 Chronicles 26:17

Each day there were six Levites posted on the east, four on the north, and four on the south. At the storehouses they were posted in pairs.

2 Chronicles 8:14

As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.

Isaiah 21:8

Then the guard cries out: “On the watchtower, O sovereign master, I stand all day long; at my post I am stationed every night.