15. and Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph,
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 in the villages of the Netophathites.
17. The porters: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
18. who previously served in the king’s gate eastward. They were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi.
19. Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent. Their fathers had been over Yahweh’s camp, keepers of the entry.
20. Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Yahweh was with him.
21. Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
22. All these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred twelve. These were listed by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer ordained in their office of trust.