1 Chronicles 9:13–28

¹³And their brethren, heads to the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and sixty, mighty in valour, are for the work of the service of the house of God.

¹⁴And of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hashshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; ¹⁵and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah son of Micah, son of Zichri, son of Asaph; ¹⁶and Obadiah son of Shemariah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who is dwelling in the villages of the Netophathite. ¹⁷And the gatekeepers are Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren—Shallum is the head; ¹⁸and hitherto they are at the gate of the king eastward; they are the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi. ¹⁹And Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, are over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers are over the camp of Jehovah, keepers of the entrance; ²⁰and Phinehas son of Eleazar hath been leader over them formerly; Jehovah is with him. ²¹Zechariah son of Meshelemiah is gatekeeper at the opening of the tent of meeting. ²²All of those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds are two hundred and twelve; they are in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office. ²³And they and their sons are over the gates of the house of Jehovah, even of the house of the tent, by watches. ²⁴At four sides are the gatekeepers, east, west, north, and south. ²⁵And their brethren in their villages are to come in for seven days from time to time with these. ²⁶For in office are the four chiefs of the gatekeepers, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God, ²⁷and round about the house of God they lodge, for on them is the watch, and they are over the opening, even morning by morning. ²⁸And some of them are over the vessels of service, for by number they bring them in, and by number they take them out.