13. Their relatives who were heads of their families totaled 1,760 soldiers. They served in God’s temple and settled in Jerusalem.
14. From the Levites descended from Merari were Shemaiah (son of Hasshub, grandson of Azrikam, and great-grandson of Hashabiah),
15. Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, Mattaniah (son of Mica, grandson of Zichri, and great-grandson of Asaph),
16. Obadiah (son of Shemaiah, grandson of Galal, and great-grandson of Jeduthun), and Berechiah (son of Asa and grandson of Elkanah, who lived in the villages belonging to the Netophathites).
17. The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. (Shallum was in charge.)
18. Formerly, they were stationed at the king’s gate on the east side. They were the gatekeepers for the Levite quarters.
19. Shallum (son of Kore, grandson of Ebiasaph, great-grandson of Korah) and the members of his family (Korah’s descendants) were responsible for serving as watchmen at the entrances to the tent, as their ancestors had been in charge of guarding the entrances to the Lord’s camp.
20. (Phinehas, Eleazar’s son, had been the official in charge of the gatekeepers, and the Lord was with him.)
21. Zechariah, son of Meshelemiah, was the keeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
22. The men chosen to be gatekeepers at the entrances totaled 212. Their genealogies were recorded in their villages. David and the seer Samuel appointed them to these positions because they were trustworthy.
23. So they and their descendants were assigned to be gatekeepers for the Lord’s house, that is, the tent.
24. The gatekeepers were on the four sides (east, west, north, and south).
25. Their relatives had to come from their villages from time to time. They would come to serve under the gatekeepers’ supervision for a period of seven days.
26. The four chief Levite gatekeepers were in charge of the rooms and treasures in God’s temple because of their faithfulness.
27. They would spend the night stationed around God’s temple because they had to guard it and open it every morning.
28. Some of them were in charge of the utensils for worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out.