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Bakbukiah

  1. Shammua’s son. He was a Levite who helped Mattaniah at the thanksgiving services in the temple (Nehemiah 11:17).

  2. A Levite who returned to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel after the exile in Babylon (Nehemiah 12:9).

  3. One of the gatekeepers who was in charge of storage rooms at the temple gates (Nehemiah 12:25).

It is not clear whether these references are to one, two, or three persons.

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)The classic article on this subjectSmith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)The entry on this subject
Bakbukiah: family, places and timelineEvery verse that mentions Bakbukiah, with family links

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