Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their fellow Levites, Shallum their chief ¹⁸being stationed at the King’s Gateⁱ on the east, up to the present time. These were the gatekeepers belonging to the camp of the Levites. ¹⁹Shallum^j son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his fellow gatekeepers from his family (the Korahites) were responsible for guarding the thresholds of the tent just as their ancestors had been responsible for guarding the entrance to the dwelling of the Lord. ²⁰In earlier times Phinehas^k son of Eleazar was the official in charge of the gatekeepers, and the Lord was with him. ²¹Zechariah^l son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

²²Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers^m at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer.ⁿ ²³They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord—the house called the tent of meeting.

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Cross references

hver 22; 1 Ch 26:1; 2 Ch 8:14; 31:14; Ezr 2:42; Ne 7:45
i 1 Ch 26:14; Eze 43:1; 46:1
j Jer 35:4
k Nu 25:7–13
l 1 Ch 26:2, 14
mSee ver 17
nSee 1 Sa 9:9