Also there were 172 gatekeepers Akkub, Talmon and their brothers—who kept watch at the gates.
So they came and called out to the city gatekeepers, and told them, “We went to the camp of the Arameans, and look, there was not a single soul there, no human voice—just the horses and the donkeys tied up, and the tents just as they were.”
In all there were 284 Levites in the holy city.
The rest of Israel, the kohanim, and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each in his own inheritance.
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers guarding the storehouses at the gates.
The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita and the sons of Shobai—138.
O God, look at our shield, and look upon the face of Your anointed.