1 Chronicles 9:17–32

¹⁷The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen (Shallum was the chief); ¹⁸until then they were ^cin the king’s gate on the east side as the gatekeepers of the camps of the Levites. ¹⁹Shallum the son of Kore, son of ^dEbiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers’ house, the ^eKorahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance. ²⁰And ^fPhinehas the son of Eleazar was the chief officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him. ^21gZechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ²²All these, who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds, were 212. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. ^hDavid and Samuel ⁱthe seer established them in their office of trust. ²³So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards. ²⁴The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south. ²⁵And their kinsmen who were ^jin their villages were obligated to come ^kin every seven days, in turn, to be with these, ²⁶for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted to be over ^lthe chambers and the treasures of the house of God. ²⁷And they lodged around the house of God, for on them lay the duty of watching, and ^mthey had charge of opening it every morning.

²⁸Some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they were required to count them when they were brought in and taken out. ²⁹Others of them were appointed over the furniture and over all the holy utensils, also over the ⁿfine flour, the wine, the oil, the incense, and the spices. ³⁰Others, of the sons of the priests, ^oprepared the mixing of the spices, ³¹and Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of ^pShallum the ^eKorahite, was entrusted with ^qmaking the flat cakes. ³²Also some of their kinsmen of the Kohathites had ^rcharge of the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath.