²³ Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.

²¹ Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting.^{(A) 22} All these who were chosen as gatekeepers at the thresholds were two hundred twelve. They were enrolled by genealogies in their villages. David and the seer Samuel established them in their office of trust.^{(B) 23} So they and their descendants were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as guards.

¹⁸ The captain of the guard took the chief priest Seraiah, the second priest Zephaniah, and the three guardians of the threshold;^(A)

⁴ “Go up to the high priest Hilkiah and have him add up the entire sum of the silver that has been brought into the house of the Lord that the keepers of the threshold have collected from the people;^(A)