Quotes about Gatekeepers
When the wall had been rebuilt and I had set the doors in place, the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites were appointed.
— Nehemiah 7:1
The gatekeepers shouted the news, and it was reported to the king’s household.
— 2 Kings 7:11
So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city, saying, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—not a trace—only tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”
— 2 Kings 7:10
So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants.
— Ezra 7:7
So in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah, all Israel contributed the daily portions for the singers and gatekeepers. They also set aside daily portions for the Levites, and the Levites set aside daily portions for the descendants of Aaron.
— Nehemiah 12:47
were over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.
— 2 Chronicles 34:13
The 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, 139 in all.
— Ezra 2:42
So the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, along with some of the people, settled in their own towns; and the rest of the Israelites settled in their towns.
— Ezra 2:70
And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
— Nehemiah 11:19
From the singers: Eliashib. From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri.
— Ezra 10:24
Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
— Nehemiah 12:25
They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had prescribed.
— Nehemiah 12:45