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Nehemiah 11:19

In 11 translations

BSB
And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
KJV
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.the gates: Heb. at the gates
WEB
Moreover the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred seventy-two.
ASV
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred seventy and two.
LSV
And the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, those watching at the gates, [are] one hundred seventy-two.
YLT
And the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, those watching at the gates, [are] a hundred seventy and two.
DBY
And the doorkeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred and seventy-two.
DRC
And the porters, Accub, Telmon, and their brethren, who kept the doors: a hundred seventy-two.
GNV
And the porters Akkub, Talmon and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundreth twentie and two.
JPS
Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, that kept watch at the gates, were a hundred seventy and two.
LXXE
And the porters; Acub, Telamin, and their brethren, a hundred and seventy-two.

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WLC
וְהַשּֽׁוֹעֲרִים֙ עַקּ֣וּב טַלְמ֔וֹן וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם הַשֹּׁמְרִ֣ים בַּשְּׁעָרִ֑ים מֵאָ֖ה שִׁבְעִ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃
LXX-Br21:19
Καὶ οἱ πυλωροὶ, Ἀκοὺβ, Τελαμὶν, καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν, ἑκατὸν ἑβδομηκονταδύο.

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:17–22These were the gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief; he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the…
  • Nehemiah 12:25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.

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