John Gill's Exposition on Nehemiah 12:25

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters, etc.] At the gates of the temple, (see <130915>1 Chronicles 9:15-17), keeping the ward, at the thresholds of the gates; of the temple, where they stood and watched; or “at the collection of the gates”, meaning either where the people were gathered together, or where money gathered was laid up; and so some render it, “the treasuries of the gates”: unless a place called Asuppim should be meant, (<132615>1 Chronicles 26:15,17).

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