10:7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
10:20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,
12:25 Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who were guarding the storerooms at the gates.
3:6 Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. 2 They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.
11:7 These are the descendants of Benjamin:
Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah,
8:4 Ezra the scribe stood on a towering wooden platform 5 constructed for this purpose. Standing near him on his right were Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Masseiah. On his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
1 tc The present translation (along with most English versions) reads with the Qere and the Syriac Peshitta לְעִדּוֹא (lÿ’iddo’, “Iddo”) rather than the MT reading לַעֲדָיָא (la’adaya’) which probably arose through graphic confusion. Cf. v. 4.
1 tn Or “the Old Gate” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NCV, NRSV, NLT).
1 tc The translation reads אַחֲרָיו (’akharayv, “after him”) with the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
1 tn Heb “were lords of oath.”
1 tn Heb “a tower of wood.”