Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah a descendant of Merari; ^9:15Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah son of Mika, son of Zikri, son of Asaph; ^9:16Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived among the settlements of the Netophathites.

^9:17The gatekeepers were:

Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the leader; ^9:18he serves to this day at the King’s Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.

^9:19Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family (the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary.⁷ Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the Lord’s dwelling place.⁸^9:20Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the Lord was with him. ^9:21Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the guard at the entrance to the meeting tent.

^9:22All those selected to be gatekeepers at the entrances numbered 212. Their names were recorded in the genealogical records of their settlements. David and Samuel the prophet⁹ had appointed them to their positions.¹⁰

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Footnotes

7 Heb “and his brothers belonging to the house of his father, the Korachites, to the work of the task, guardians of the threshold of the tent.”
8 Heb “and their fathers to the camp of the Lord, guardians of the entrance.” Here “fathers” is used in a more general sense of “forefathers” or “ancestors” and is not limited specifically to their fathers only.
9 The Hebrew term is רֹאֶה (ro’eh, “seer”), an older word for נָבִיא (navi’, “prophet”).
10 Heb “they—David appointed, and Samuel the seer, in their position.”