Nehemiah 11:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their colleagues who were guarding the gates– 172.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Chr 9:17-22 : 17 The gatekeepers were:Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the leader; 18 he serves to this day at the King’s Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi. 19 Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family(the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary. Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the LORD’s dwelling place. 20 Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the LORD was with him. 21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the guard at the entrance to the meeting tent. 22 All those selected to be gatekeepers at the entrances numbered 212. Their names were recorded in the genealogical records of their settlements. David and Samuel the prophet had appointed them to their positions.
  • Neh 7:45 : 45 The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138.
  • Neh 12:25 : 25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who were guarding the storerooms at the gates.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezra 2:40-42
    3 verses
    78%

    40 The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel(through the line of Hodaviah): 74.

    41 The singers: the descendants of Asaph: 128.

    42 The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai: 139.

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

  • 76%

    21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the guard at the entrance to the meeting tent.

    22 All those selected to be gatekeepers at the entrances numbered 212. Their names were recorded in the genealogical records of their settlements. David and Samuel the prophet had appointed them to their positions.

    23 They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the LORD’s sanctuary(that is, the tabernacle).

    24 The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides– east, west, north, and south.

  • 45 The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138.

  • 76%

    17 The gatekeepers were:Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the leader;

    18 he serves to this day at the King’s Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.

    19 Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family(the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary. Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the LORD’s dwelling place.

  • 18 The sum total of the Levites in the holy city was 284.

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

  • 38 including Obed-Edom and sixty-eight colleagues. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were gatekeepers.

  • 18 along with some of their relatives who were second in rank, including Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.

  • 26 The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary.

  • 14 and his colleagues who were exceptional men– 128. The officer over them was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.

  • 71%

    18 At the court on the west there were four posted on the road and two at the court.

    19 These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.

  • Neh 7:31-32
    2 verses
    71%

    31 the men of Micmash, 122;

    32 the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

  • 19 These were the ones who served the king, besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

  • Ezra 2:27-28
    2 verses
    70%

    27 the men of Micmash: 122;

    28 the men of Bethel and Ai: 223;

  • 20 And the rest of the Israelites, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own property.

  • 39 over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard.

  • Ezra 2:21-24
    4 verses
    70%

    21 The men of Bethlehem: 123;

    22 the men of Netophah: 56;

    23 the men of Anathoth: 128;

    24 the men of the family of Azmaveth: 42;

  • 70 The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel lived in their towns.

  • 2 Kgs 11:6-7
    2 verses
    69%

    6 Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. You will take turns guarding the palace.

    7 The two units who are off duty on the Sabbath will guard the LORD’s temple and protect the king.

  • 12 and their colleagues who were carrying out work for the temple– 822; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah,

  • 19 He posted guards at the gates of the LORD’s temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter.

  • 3 the descendants of Parosh: 2,172;

  • 9 Bakbukiah and Unni, their colleagues, stood opposite them in the services.

  • Ezra 2:16-17
    2 verses
    68%

    16 the descendants of Ater(through Hezekiah): 98;

    17 the descendants of Bezai: 323;

  • 20 and some of the temple servants that David and his officials had established for the work of the Levites– 220 of them. They were all designated by name.

  • 12 from the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him 110 men;

  • 4 This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors.

  • 8 the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

  • 15 The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

  • 3 I said to them,“The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened in the early morning, until those who are standing guard close the doors and lock them. Position residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their guard stations and some near their homes.”

  • 12 the descendants of Azgad: 1,222;

  • 8 All these were the descendants of Obed-Edom. They and their sons and relatives were respected men, capable of doing their responsibilities. There were sixty-two of them related to Obed-Edom.

  • 4 David said,“Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the LORD’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;