16. and 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 at the entrance to Netophah.
17. Now the gatekeepers were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman; and their brother Shallum was the leader.
18. For until that time, at the gate of the king to the east, the sons of Levi served in their turns.
19. Truly, Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, with his brothers and his father's house, these Korahites, were over the works of the ministry of keeping the vestibules of the tabernacle. And their families, in turns, were keepers of the entrance to the camp of the Lord.
20. Now Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, was their ruler before the Lord.
21. But Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was the keeper of the gate of the tabernacle of the testimony.
22. All these, chosen as porters for the gates, were two hundred twelve. And they were recorded in their own towns, those whom David, and the seer Samuel, appointed, in their faith,
23. as with them, so also with their sons, at the gates of the house of the Lord and the tabernacle, by their turns.