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.
• 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

17Also Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, a descendant of Asaph, who led in thanksgiving and prayer. Also Bakbukiah, who was Mattaniah’s assistant, and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun. 18In all, there were 284 Levites in the holy city. From the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and 172 of their associates, who guarded the gates. 20The other priests, Levites, and the rest of the Israelites lived wherever their family inheritance was located in any of the towns of Judah. 21The Temple servants, however, whose leaders were Ziha and Gishpa, all lived on the hill of Ophel.

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 of the families of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai 138
• Nehemiah 12:25This included Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, and Obadiah. Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were the gatekeepers in charge of the storerooms at the gates.
• 1 Chronicles 9:17The gatekeepers who returned were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was the chief gatekeeper.
• Psalms 84:10A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.

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

• Talmon

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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