Nehemiah 11:19

Nehemiah 11:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
• New International Version (NIV)The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren who kept the gates, were one hundred and seventy-two.
• New Living Translation (NLT)From the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and 172 of their associates, who guarded the gates.

Context of Nehemiah 11:19

17and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader of the praise, who gave thanks, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun. 18All the Levites in the holy city were 284. The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were 172. 20And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his inheritance. 21But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.

Nehemiah 11:19 word by word

וְהַשּֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙ עַקּ֣וּב טַלְמ֔וֹן וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם הַשֹּׁמְרִ֣ים בַּשְּׁעָרִ֑ים מֵאָ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Moreover the portersשֹׁעֵרshô‛êr shô‛êr · gatekeeperH7778
• Akkubעַקּוּב‛aqqûb · AkkubH6126
• Talmonטַלְמוֹןţalmôn · TalmonH2929
• and their brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-relativeH251
• that keptשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• the gatesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• seventyשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• and twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147

Cross-references for Nehemiah 11:19

• Nehemiah 7:45The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, 138.
• Nehemiah 12:25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storehouses of the gates.
• 1 Chronicles 9:17The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen (Shallum was the chief);
• Psalms 84:10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Commentaries on Nehemiah 11:19

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-19Verses 4-19 See the margin reference notes. Both accounts appear to be extracts from a public official register which Nehemiah caused to be made of his census. The census itself seems to have been confined to the dwellers at Jerusalem. The subjoined table exhibits the differences between the accounts of the entire population of Jerusalem as given in Nehemiah and in Chronicles: (table not shown) According to Nehemiah‘s numbers, supplemented from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-36The story goes back to the topic of bringing people back to live in the safe city of Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 7:1–5). The list of names is similar to the one in 1 Chronicles 9:2–17.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-364. at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah--The discrepancy that is apparent between this [Ne 11:4-36] and the list formerly given in 1Ch 9:1-9, arose not only from the Jewish and Oriental practice of changing or modifying the names of persons from a change of circumstances, but from the alterations that must have been produced in the course of time. The catalogue in Chronicles contains those who came with the first detachment of returned…Read the comment

Topics related to Nehemiah 11:19

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• Talmon
• Ahiman
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Hacaliah
• Law in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Nehemiah 11

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings