14. Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
15. and Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;
16. and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
17. The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen (Shallum was the chief);
18. until then they were in the king’s gate on the east side as the gatekeepers of the camps of the Levites.
19. Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his fathers’ 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. And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the chief officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him.
21. Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
22. All these, who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds, were 212. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. David and Samuel the seer established them in their office of trust.
23. So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.
24. The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and south.
25. And their kinsmen who were in their villages were obligated to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with these,