Nehemiah 12:9

What is meant by being appointed over against them in the watches, unless it means making responses in praising God, is not easy to gather.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, [were] over against them in the (d) watches. (d) They kept the wards and watches according to their turns,...
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over against . corresponding to those in Nehemiah 12:8 . in the watches: i.e. the courses, or waitings.
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Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches, either stationed opposite them in the Temple or alternating with them...
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Psalms 134:1-3

⁹ Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.

Related Commentaries of Nehemiah 12:9

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Nehemiah 12:9