²² All those chosen as gatekeepers were two hundred and twelve. ^(A)They were recorded by their genealogy, in their villages. David and Samuel ^(B)the seer had appointed them to their trusted office.

The Gatekeepers

26 Concerning the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, ^[a]Meshelemiah the son of ^(A)Kore, of the sons of ^[b]Asaph.

¹⁴ And, according to the ^[a]order of David his father, he appointed the ^(A)divisions of the priests for their service, ^(B)the Levites for their duties (to praise and serve before the priests) as the duty of each day required, and the ^(C)gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate; for so David the man of God had commanded.

¹⁴ Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was over the ^(A)freewill offerings to God, to distribute the offerings of the Lord and the most holy things.

⁴² The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, and the sons of Shobai, one hundred and thirty-nine in all.