17 And Mattaniah, the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph was the chief to [a]begin the thanksgiving and prayer: and Bakbukiah the second of his brethren, and Abda, the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

18 All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four.

19 And the porters Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the [b]gates, were an hundred twenty and two.

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Footnotes

  1. Nehemiah 11:17 That is, he began the Psalm, and was the chanter.
  2. Nehemiah 11:19 Meaning, of the Temple.

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