15. And Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
16. Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites [near Jerusalem].
17. The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen, Shallum being the chief
18. Who hitherto was assigned to the king's east side gate. They were the gatekeepers of the camp of the Levites.
19. Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his father's house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the Tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance.
20. Phinehas son of Eleazar was ruler over them in times past, and the Lord was with him.
21. Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
22. All these chosen to be keepers at the thresholds were 212. These were enrolled by their genealogies in their villages [around Jerusalem], these men [whose grandfathers] David and Samuel the seer had established to their office of trust.
23. So they and their sons had oversight of the gates of the Lord's house, that is, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
24. The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides [of the house of the Lord]–on the east, west, north, and south.
25. Their brethren in their villages were to come in every seven days to be with them.
26. But these Levites, the four chief gatekeepers, were in charge of the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.