1 Chronicles 9:2–22

²The first ^lto live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants. ^m

³These people from the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem:

⁴Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, a descendant ⁿof Perez son of Judah;

⁵from the Shilonites:

Asaiah the firstborn and his sons;

⁶and from the sons of Zerah:

Jeuel and 690 of their relatives.

⁷The Benjaminites: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah;

⁸Ibneiah son of Jeroham;

Elah son of Uzzi, son of Michri;

Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah;

⁹and 956 ^oof their relatives according to their genealogical records. All these men were heads of their ancestral houses.

¹⁰The priests: ^pJedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin;

¹¹Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official ^qof God’s temple;

¹²Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah;

Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer;

¹³and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of households. They were capable men employed in the ministry of God’s temple.

¹⁴The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah of the Merarites;

¹⁵Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah, son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;

¹⁶Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun;

and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

¹⁷The gatekeepers: ^rShallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.

Shallum was their chief; ¹⁸he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. ^sThese were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

¹⁹Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah and his relatives from his ancestral household, the Korahites, were assigned to guard the thresholds of the tent. ^tTheir ancestors had been assigned to the Lord’s camp as guardians of the entrance. ^u20In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader, and the Lord was with him. ^v21Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ^w

²²The total number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them ^xto their trusted positions.