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%

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

    41The singers: the descendants of Asaph: 128.

    42The 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.

  • Neh 12:25
    77%

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

  • 1 Chr 9:21-24
    4 verses
    76%

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

    22All 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.

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

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

  • Neh 7:45
    76%

    45The 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.

  • 1 Chr 9:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

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

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

    19Shallum 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.

  • Neh 11:18
    74%

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

  • 1 Chr 26:12
    74%

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

  • 1 Chr 16:38
    72%

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

  • 1 Chr 15:18
    72%

    18along 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.

  • 1 Chr 9:26
    72%

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

  • Neh 11:14
    71%

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

  • 1 Chr 26:18-19
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • Neh 7:31-32
    2 verses
    71%

    31the men of Micmash, 122;

    32the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

  • 2 Chr 17:19
    70%

    19These 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%

    27the men of Micmash: 122;

    28the men of Bethel and Ai: 223;

  • Neh 11:20
    70%

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

  • Neh 12:39
    70%

    39over 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%

    21The men of Bethlehem: 123;

    22the men of Netophah: 56;

    23the men of Anathoth: 128;

    24the men of the family of Azmaveth: 42;

  • Ezra 2:70
    69%

    70The 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%

    6Another 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.

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

  • Neh 11:12
    69%

    12and 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,

  • 2 Chr 23:19
    69%

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

  • Ezra 2:3
    69%

    3the descendants of Parosh: 2,172;

  • Neh 12:9
    69%

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

  • Ezra 2:16-17
    2 verses
    68%

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

    17the descendants of Bezai: 323;

  • Ezra 8:20
    68%

    20and 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.

  • Ezra 8:12
    68%

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

  • 2 Chr 23:4
    68%

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

  • Neh 7:8
    68%

    8the descendants of Parosh, 2,172;

  • 2 Chr 35:15
    68%

    15The 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.

  • Neh 7:3
    68%

    3I 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.”

  • Ezra 2:12
    67%

    12the descendants of Azgad: 1,222;

  • 1 Chr 26:8
    67%

    8All 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.

  • 1 Chr 23:4
    67%

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