1 Chronicles 9:14-32

People of Jerusalem

¹⁴Of the Levites, there were Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; ¹⁵and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal; and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph, ¹⁶and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the settlements of the Netophathites.

¹⁷Now the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives (Shallum the chief ¹⁸being stationed until now at the king’s gate to the east). These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi. ¹⁹Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father’s house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, doorkeepers of the tent; and their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance. ²⁰Phinehas the son of Eleazar was supervisor over them previously, and the Lord was with him. ²¹Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the entrance of the tent of meeting. ²²Those who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212 in all. They were registered by genealogy in their settlements, those whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their official capacity. ²³So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, the house of the tent, in their divisions of service. ²⁴The gatekeepers were on the four sides, to the east, west, north, and south. ²⁵Their relatives in their settlements were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them; ²⁶for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, served in an official capacity, and were in charge of the chambers and in charge of the treasuries in the house of God. ²⁷They spent the night around the house of God, because the watch was committed to them; and they were in charge of opening it morning by morning.

²⁸Now some of them were in charge of the utensils of the service, for they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out. ²⁹Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the utensils of the sanctuary, and over the finely milled flour, the wine, the olive oil, the frankincense, and the balsam oil. ³⁰Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the balsam oil. ³¹Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the responsibility for the baking of cakes in pans. ³²Some of their relatives of the sons of the Kohathites were in charge of the showbread to prepare it every Sabbath.