1 Chronicles 9:18-44

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁸ being stationed until now at ^(A)the king’s gate to the east). These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi. ¹⁹ Shallum the son of Kore, the son of ^[a]Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance. ^20 (B)Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them previously, and the Lord was with him. ^21 (C)Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the entrance of the tent of meeting. ²² All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212. These were enrolled by genealogy in their villages, ^(D)whom David and Samuel the seer appointed ^(E)in their office of trust. ²³ So they and their sons ^[b]had charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, even the house of the tent, as guards. ²⁴ The gatekeepers were ^[c]on the four sides, to the east, west, north and south. ²⁵ Their relatives in their villages ^(F)were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with ^[d]them; ²⁶ for the four chief gatekeepers who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God. ²⁷ They spent the night around the house of God, ^(G)because the watch was ^[e]committed to them; and they were ^[f]in charge of opening it morning by morning.

²⁸ Now some of them ^[g]had charge of the utensils of service, for ^[h]they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out. ²⁹ Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the utensils of the sanctuary and ^(H)over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices. ³⁰ Some of ^(I)the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices. ³¹ Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had ^(J)the ^[i]responsibility over the things which were baked in pans. ³² Some of their relatives of the sons of the Kohathites ^(K)were over the showbread to prepare it every sabbath.

³³ Now these are ^(L)the singers, heads of fathers’ households of the Levites, who lived in the chambers of the temple free from other service; for they were ^[j]engaged ^(M)in their work day and night. ³⁴ These were heads of fathers’ households of the Levites according to their generations, chief men, ^[k]who lived in Jerusalem.

Ancestry and Descendants of Saul

^35 (N)In Gibeon Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived, and his wife’s name was Maacah, ³⁶ and his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, ³⁷ Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah and Mikloth. ³⁸ Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. And they also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite their other relatives. ^39 (O)Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of Saul, and Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal. ⁴⁰ The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal became the father of Micah. ⁴¹ The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tahrea ^(P)and Ahaz. ⁴² Ahaz became the father of Jarah, and Jarah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza, ⁴³ and Moza became the father of Binea and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. ⁴⁴ Azel had six sons whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.