Nehemiah 12:25

Mattaniah Cf. Nehemiah 12:8; Nehemiah 11:17. Mattaniah representing Asaphites.

Bakbukiah Cf. Nehemiah 12:9; Nehemiah 11:17, representing the Hemanites, cf. 1 Chronicles 25:4.

Obadiah Probably the same as Abda of the family of Jeduthun, Nehemiah 11:17.

These three names are the names of singers who were also porters, and should probably be separated from the next three, who were only porters.

Meshullam Probably the same as Shallum (1 Chronicles 9:17; Ezra 2:42).

Talmon, Akkub Cf. Neh 11:19; 1 Chronicles 9:17.

at the thresholds of the gates R.V. at the storehouses of the gates. The A.V. gives the rendering which is favoured by the Vulgate -vestibulorum ante portas," and by the chief Hebrew commentators, e.g. Rashi and Aben Ezra. The R.V. however is undoubtedly right. The Hebrew only occurs elsewhere in the O.T. in 1 Chronicles 26:15; 1 Chronicles 26:17, -storehouse." The temple was a treasury as well as a sanctuary.