1 Chronicles 9:2–22

^2aNow the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and ^bthe ¹temple servants.

³And some of the sons of Judah, of the sons of Benjamin and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh lived in ^aJerusalem:

⁴Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, from the sons of Perez the ^ason of Judah.

⁵From the Shilonites were Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.

⁶From the sons of Zerah were Jeuel and their ¹relatives, 690 of them.

⁷From the sons of Benjamin were Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,

⁸and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

⁹and their relatives according to their generations, ^a956. All these were heads of fathers’ households according to their fathers’ houses.

^10aFrom the priests were Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin,

¹¹and ¹Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, ^athe leader of the house of God;

¹²and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;

¹³and their relatives, heads of their fathers’ households, 1,760 mighty men of valor for the work of the service of the house of God.

^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.