Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.
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Interpretation
This verse speaks in the wider setting of restoration and leadership as Nehemiah unfolds its message.
Glossary
- Akkub Person
- (another form of Jacob). (1. ) The head of one of the families of Nethinim ( Ezra 2:45 ). (2. ) A Levite who kept the gate of the temple after the return from Babylon ( 1 Chr. 9:17 ; Ezra 2:42 ; Neh. 7:45 ).