Matthew Henry · Verses 1–26
It is a debt we owe to faithful ministers, to remember our guides, who have spoken to us the word of God. It is good to know what our godly predecessors were, that we may learn what we should be.
Nehemiah 12:25
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.
World English Bible
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WEBBE
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of the gates.
BSB
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
KJV
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.
ASV
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.
BBE
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were door-keepers keeping the watch at the store-houses of the doors.
Original Hebrew
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מַתַּנְיָה
ma·tan·yah
Mattaniah
H4983
וּבַקְבֻּקְיָה
u·vak·buk·yah
and Bakbukiah
H1229
עֹבַדְיָה
'oad·yah
Obadiah
H5662
מְשֻׁלָּם
me·shu·lam
Meshullam
H4918
טַלְמוֹן
tal·mon
Talmon
H2929
עַקּוּב
'a·kuv
Akkub
H6126
שֹׁמְרִים
sho·me·rim
keeping
H8104
שׁוֹעֲרִים
sho·'a·rim
[were] gatekeepers
H7778
מִשְׁמָר
mish·mar
guard
H4929
בַּאֲסֻפֵּי
ba·'a·su·pei
at [the] storerooms of
H624
הַשְּׁעָרִים
ha·she·'a·rim
the gates
H8179
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