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Nehemiah 11:19 KJV
Nehemiah · chapter 11 · verse 19
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.Nehemiah 11:19 · King James Version
Nehemiah 11:19 in context
17And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
18All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.
19Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
20And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
21But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brethrenʼâcha brother )H251 →
- portersshôwʻêra janitorH7778 →
- hundredmêʼâha hundredH3967 →
- seventyshibʻîymseventyH7657 →
- TalmonṬalmôwnTalmon, a temple doorkeeperH2929 →
- AkkubʻAqqûwbAkkub, the name of five IsraelitesH6126 →
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Jerusalem is called here the holy city (Neh 11:1), because there the temple was, and that was the place God had chosen to put his name there; upon this account, one would think, the holy seed should all have chosen to dwell there and have striven for a habitation there;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-19