A gatekeeper during the period of return from exile. Ezra 2:42The descendants of the gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, 139 in all. Nehemiah 7:45The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138 in all.