18. and for a long time they had been the guards at the King's Gate on the east side of the city. Before that, their ancestors guarded the entrance to the Levite camp.
19. Shallum son of Kore, as well as the other men in the Korahite clan, guarded the entrance to the temple, just as their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the sacred tent.
20. Phinehas son of Eleazar had supervised their work because the Lord was with him.
21. Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was also one of the guards at the temple.
22. There was a total of two hundred and twelve guards, all of them listed in the family records in their towns. Their ancestors had been chosen by King David and by Samuel the prophet to be responsible for this work,
23. and now they guarded the temple gates.