1 Chronicles 9:17-44 ▼

17 And the gatekeepers [are] Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers—Shallum [is] the head;

18 and until now they [are] at the gate of the king eastward; they [are] the gatekeepers for the companies of the sons of Levi.

19 And Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his brothers, of the house of his father, the Korahites, [are] over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent, and their fathers [are] over the camp of YHWH, keepers of the entrance;

20 and Phinehas son of Eleazar has been leader over them formerly; YHWH [is] with him.

21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah [is] gatekeeper at the opening of the Tent of Meeting.

22 All of those who are chosen for gatekeepers at the thresholds [are] two hundred and twelve; they [are] in their villages, by their genealogy; they whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office.

23 And they and their sons [are] over the gates of the house of YHWH, even of the house of the tent, by watches.

24 The gatekeepers are at [the] four sides: east, west, north, and south.

25 And their brothers in their villages [are] to come in with these for seven days from time to time.

26 For the four chiefs of the gatekeepers in office, they are Levites, and they have been over the chambers, and over the treasuries of the house of God,

27 and they lodge around the house of God, for the watch [is] on them, and they [are] over the opening, even morning by morning.

28 And [some] of them [are] over the vessels of service, for they bring them in by number, and by number they take them out.

29 And [some] of them are appointed over the vessels, even over all the vessels of the holy place, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

30 And [some] of the sons of the priests are mixing the mixture for spices.

31 And Mattithiah of the Levites (he [is] the firstborn to Shallum the Korahite), [is] in office over the work of the pans.

32 And of the sons of the Kohathite, [some] of their brothers [are] over the bread of the arrangement, to prepare [it] Sabbath by Sabbath.

33 And these who sing, heads of fathers of the Levites, in the chambers, [are] free, for [they are] over them in the work by day and by night.

34 These heads of the fathers of the Levites [are] heads throughout their generations. These have dwelt in Jerusalem.

35 And the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, has dwelt in Gibeon, and the name of his wife [is] Maachah;

36 and his son, the firstborn, [is] Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Ba‘al, and Ner, and Nadab,

37 and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

38 And Mikloth begot Shimeam, and they have also dwelt opposite their brothers—with their brothers in Jerusalem.

39 And Ner begot Kish, and Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, and Malchi-Shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-Ba‘al.

40 And a son of Jonathan [is] Merib-Ba‘al, and Merib-Ba‘al begot Micah.

41 And sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea,

42 and Ahaz—he begot Jaarah, and Jaarah begot Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri begot Moza,

43 and Moza begot Binea, and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

44 And to Azel [are] six sons, and these [are] their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan; these [are] sons of Azel.