Nehemiah 12:9 - Exposition
Bakbukiah and Unni . Bakbukiah's position with respect to Mattaniah has been already mentioned ( Nehemiah 11:17 ). "Unni" appears, in this place only, as a Levite of Zerubbabel's time. Were over against them in the watches . i.e . "ministered in their courses, as the others did, and kept their stations over against them in their turns of attendance, which are called their 'watches' or wards" (Bp. Patrick).
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