God’s Word Translation
Nehemiah 11:19
19These were the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives who guarded the gates totaled 172.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were 172.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren who kept the gates, were one hundred and seventy-two.
Context of Nehemiah 11:19
17Mattaniah was the son of Mica, who was the son of Zabdi, who was the son of Asaph, the leader who led the prayer of thanksgiving. The Levite leader Bakbukiah was the second-in-command among his relatives; and so was Abda who was the son of Shammua, who was the son of Galal, who was the son of Jeduthum. 18All the Levites in the holy city totaled 284. These were the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives who guarded the gates totaled 172. 20The rest of the Israelites, priests, and Levites lived in all the cities of Judah. Everyone lived on his own inherited property. 21But the temple servants lived on Mount Ophel with Ziha and Gishpa in charge of them.
Read all of Nehemiah 11Nehemiah 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 7:45These gatekeepers returned from exile: the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai … 138
- Nehemiah 12:25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers standing guard at the storehouses by the gates.
- 1 Chronicles 9:17The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. (Shallum was in charge.)
- Psalms 84:10One day in your courtyards is better than a thousand ⌞anywhere else⌟. I would rather stand in the entrance to my God’s house than live inside wicked people’s homes.
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
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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
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