Nehemiah 12:25 - Exposition

Meshullam and Obadiah are new as Levitical names; but the remaining names of the passage are well known. Talmon and Akkub are among the porters of David's time ( 1 Chronicles 9:17 ), and are mentioned in Ezra 2:42 ; Nehemiah 7:45 ; Nehemiah 11:19 . Bakbukiah and Mattaniah occur in Nehemiah 11:17 and Nehemiah 12:8 , Nehemiah 12:9 ; but as families of singers, rather than of porters, in those places. Keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates . Rather, as in the margin, "at the treasuries." It is thought that the chambers above the gateways may have been used as storehouses or treasuries.