Nehemiah 12:25
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Mathania, and Becbecia, Obedia, and Mosollam, Telmon, Accub, were keepers of the gates and of the entrances before the gates.

Mattaniah.

Nehemiah 12:8,9 And the Levites, Jesua, Bennui, Cedmihel, Sarebia, Juda, Mathanias, they and their brethren were over the hymns: . . .

Nehemiah 11:17-19 And Mathania the son of Micha, the son of Zebedei, the son of Asaph, was the principal man to praise, and to give glory in prayer, and Becbecia, the second, one of his brethren, and Abda the son of Samua, the son of Galal, the son of Idithun. . . .

1 Chronicles 9:14-17 And of the Levites: Semeia the son of Hassub the son of Ezricam, the son of Hasebia of the sons of Merari. . . .

keeping.

1 Chronicles 23:32 And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, that they may minister in the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 26:12 Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord.

Isaiah 21:8 And a lion cried out: I am upon the watchtower of the Lord, standing continually by day: and I am upon my ward, standing whole nights.

thresholds.

Context
The Priests and Levites who Returned
24Now the chief of the Levites were Hasebia, Serebia, and Josue the son of Cedmihel: and their brethren by their courses, to praise and to give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, and to wait equally in order. 25Mathania, and Becbecia, Obedia, and Mosollam, Telmon, Accub, were keepers of the gates and of the entrances before the gates.26These were in the days of Joacim the son of Josue, the son of Josedec, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Esdras the priest and scribe.…
Cross References
2 Kings 7:10
So they came to the gate of the city, and told them, saying: We went to the camp of the Syrians, and we found no man there, but horses, and asses tied, and the tents standing.

1 Chronicles 26:15
And to Obededom and his sons that towards the south: in which part of the house was the council of the ancients.

Lexicon
Mattaniah,
מַתַּנְיָ֧ה (mat·tan·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4983: Mattaniah -- 'gift of Yah', the last king of Judah, also a number of Israelites

Bakbukiah,
וּבַקְבֻּֽקְיָ֛ה (ū·ḇaq·buq·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1229: Bakbukiah -- 'emptying of Yah', a Levite

Obadiah,
עֹבַדְיָ֥ה (‘ō·ḇaḏ·yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5662: Obadiah -- 'servant of Yah', the name of a number of Israelites

Meshullam,
מְשֻׁלָּ֖ם (mə·šul·lām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4918: Meshullam -- the name of a number of Israelites

Talmon,
טַלְמ֣וֹן (ṭal·mō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2929: Talmon -- an Israelite name

[and] Akkub
עַקּ֑וּב (‘aq·qūḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6126: Akkub -- the name of several Israelites

[were] gatekeepers
שֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙ (šō·w·‘ă·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7778: A gatekeeper

who guarded
שֹׁמְרִ֤ים (šō·mə·rîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

the storerooms
בַּאֲסֻפֵּ֖י (ba·’ă·sup·pê)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 624: Collected, a collection of offerings)

at the gates.
הַשְּׁעָרִֽים׃ (haš·šə·‘ā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate


Additional Translations
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.

When I gathered the porters,

Mattaniah and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were doorkeepers keeping the ward at the storehouses of the gates.

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the storehouses of the gates.

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the threshholds of the gates.

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, are gatekeepers, keeping charge in the gatherings of the gates.
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