Nehemiah 12:9

Nehemiah 12:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
• New International Version (NIV)Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood opposite them in the services.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Bakbukiah and Unni and their brothers stood opposite them in the service.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, stood across from them in their duties.

Context of Nehemiah 12:9

7Sallu, Amok, Hilkijah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. 8And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, Mattaniah, [who was] over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren; and Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them as watches. 10And Jeshua begot Joiakim, and Joiakim begot Eliashib, and Eliashib begot Joiada, 11and Joiada begot Jonathan, and Jonathan begot Jaddua.

Nehemiah 12:9 word by word

וּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֨ה וְעֻנִּ֧י אֲחֵיהֶ֛ם לְנֶגְדָּ֖ם לְמִשְׁמָרֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

• Bakbukiahבַּקְבֻּקְיָהbaqbûqyâh · BakbukiahH1229
• Unniעֻנִּי‛ûnnîy · UnniH6042

Cross-references for Nehemiah 12:9

• Psalms 134:1Behold, bless Jehovah, all ye servants of Jehovah, who by night stand in the house of Jehovah.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 12:9

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9their associates, stood across: To perform antiphonal singing (a call-and-response style) as described in Nehemiah 12:24 and Ezra 3:1–11.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. their brethren, were over against them in the watches--that is, according to some, their stations--the places where they stood when officiating--"ward over against ward" (Ne 12:24); or, according to others, in alternate watches, in course of rotation.Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 12:9

• Bakbukiah
• Nehemiah
• Night
• Unni

In the dictionaries

• Ezra
• Nehemiah
• Unni
• Bakbukiah
• Chronicles, Books of
• Darius
• Genealogy
• Unno

Commentaries on Nehemiah 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings