1 Chronicles 9:14–22

^14aOf the Levites were Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

¹⁵and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of ¹Zichri, the son of Asaph,

¹⁶and ¹Obadiah the son of ²Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

¹⁷Now the gatekeepers were ¹Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their relatives (Shallum the chief

¹⁸being stationed until now at ^athe king’s gate to the east). These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi.

¹⁹Shallum the son of Kore, the son of ¹Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the entrance.

^20aAnd Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them previously, and Yahweh was with him.

^21aZechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the entrance of the tent of meeting.

²²All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212. These were recorded by genealogy in their villages, ^awhom David and Samuel the seer established ^bin their office of trust.