9. The people from Benjamin, as listed in their genealogy, numbered 956. All these men were heads of their families.
10. Of the priests: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin;
11. Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the official in charge of the house of God;
12. Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah; and Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer.
13. The priests, who were heads of families, numbered 1,760. They were able men, responsible for ministering in the house of God.
14. Of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a Merarite;
15. Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal and Mattaniah son of Mika, the son of Zikri, the son of Asaph;
16. Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berekiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
17. The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their fellow Levites, Shallum their chief
18. being stationed at the King’s Gate on the east, up to the present time. These were the gatekeepers belonging to the camp of the Levites.
19. Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his fellow gatekeepers from his family (the Korahites) were responsible for guarding the thresholds of the tent just as their ancestors had been responsible for guarding the entrance to the dwelling of the Lord.
20. In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar was the official in charge of the gatekeepers, and the Lord was with him.
21. Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
22. Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. The gatekeepers had been assigned to their positions of trust by David and Samuel the seer.
23. They and their descendants were in charge of guarding the gates of the house of the Lord—the house called the tent of meeting.
24. The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north and south.
25. Their fellow Levites in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven-day periods.