Nehemiah 11:19

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.”

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BSBPD

“And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred seventy and two.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, those watching at the gates, <FI>are<Fi> a hundred seventy and two.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Nehemiah 11:19 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Chronicles 9:17These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.
  2. Nehemiah 7:45The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138 in all.
  3. Nehemiah 12:25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
  4. Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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