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1 Chronicles 9:5-22 English Standard Version (ESV)

5. And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.

6. Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their kinsmen, 690.

7. Of the Benjaminites: Sallu the son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah,

8. Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, Elah the son of Uzzi, son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah;

9. and their kinsmen according to their generations, 956. All these were heads of fathers’ houses according to their fathers’ houses.

10. Of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin,

11. and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief officer of the house of God;

12. and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer;

13. besides their kinsmen, heads of their fathers’ houses, 1,760, mighty men for the work of the service of the house of God.

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.