1 Chronicles 9:14–34

The Levites at Jerusalem

¹⁴Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; ¹⁵Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of ^gZichri, the son of Asaph; ^16hObadiah the son of ⁱShemaiah, 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.

The Levite Gatekeepers

¹⁷And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren. Shallum was the chief. ¹⁸Until then they had been gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi at the King’s Gate on the east.

¹⁹Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, from his father’s house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, ⁴gatekeepers of the tabernacle. Their fathers had been keepers of the entrance to the camp of the Lord. ²⁰And ^jPhinehas the son of Eleazar had been the officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him. ^21kZechariah the son of Meshelemiah was ⁵keeper of the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

²²All those chosen as gatekeepers were two hundred and twelve. ^lThey were recorded by their genealogy, in their villages. David and Samuel ^mthe seer had appointed them to their trusted office. ²³So they and their children were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, the house of the tabernacle, by assignment. ²⁴The gatekeepers were assigned to the four directions: the east, west, north, and south. ²⁵And their brethren in their villages had to come with them from time to time ⁿfor seven days. ²⁶For in this trusted office were four chief gatekeepers; they were Levites. And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. ²⁷And they lodged all around the house of God because ⁶they had the ^oresponsibility, and they were in charge of opening it every morning.

Other Levite Responsibilities

²⁸Now some of them were in charge of the serving vessels, for they brought them in and took them out by count. ²⁹Some of them were appointed over the furnishings and over all the implements of the sanctuary, and over the ^pfine flour and the wine and the oil and the incense and the spices. ³⁰And some of the sons of the priests made ^qthe ointment of the spices.

³¹Mattithiah of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the trusted office ^rover the things that were baked in the pans. ³²And some of their brethren of the sons of the Kohathites ^swere in charge of preparing the showbread for every Sabbath.

³³These are ^tthe singers, heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites, who lodged in the chambers, and were free from other duties; for they were employed in that work day and night. ³⁴These heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites were heads throughout their generations. They dwelt at Jerusalem.