Bakbukiah

Bakbukiah belonged to the Levites who returned to Jerusalem after the exile. Nehemiah names him “the second among his brethren” (Nehemiah 11:17), working under Mattaniah, who led the thanksgiving in prayer. In another list his group stands opposite the others in the watches (Nehemiah 12:9), and he is among the porters “keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates” (Nehemiah 12:25). His work looks like service at the edges of the temple: singing, guarding, standing at the door. It is quiet, steady duty, and Nehemiah kept the record of it.

3 verses

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 11:17

And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

Nehemiah 12:9

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

Nehemiah 12:25

Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

(wasting of Jehovah), a Levite in the time of Nehemiah. (Nehemiah 11:17; 12:9) (B.C. before 536.)

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.