1 Chronicles 9:22

Altogether, those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered two hundred and twelve. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had assigned the gatekeepers to their positions of trust.

1 Samuel 9:9

Formerly in Israel, when a person went to ask God a question, he would say: Come; let's go to the seer. This is because a prophet used to be called a seer.

1 Chronicles 9:16

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.

1 Chronicles 9:25-26

Their brothers in their villages had to come from time to time and share their duties for seven-day periods.

1 Chronicles 9:31

A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with the responsibility for baking the offering bread.

1 Chronicles 23:1-32

When David was old and full of years, he made his son Solomon king over Israel.

1 Chronicles 25:1-26

David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service some of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps and cymbals; and the number of those who performed their service was:

1 Chronicles 26:1-2

The divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

1 Chronicles 28:13

He determined the divisions of the priests and Levites. He planned all the work done for worship in Jehovah's Temple. He designed all the utensils for worship in Jehovah's Temple.

1 Chronicles 28:21

Here are the divisions of the priests and Levites for every type of worship in God's Temple. You have with you every skilled worker to do the work. In addition, all the leaders and people are at your command.

2 Chronicles 31:15

In the other cities where priests lived, he was faithfully assisted in this by other Levites: Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah. They distributed the food equally to their fellow Levites according to what their duties were.

2 Chronicles 31:18

The priests and Levites were enrolled with their wives, sons, daughters, and other people who depended on them in the community. The priests and Levites had to be faithful in keeping themselves holy for the holy work.

Nehemiah 11:25-30

And for the villages with their fields, some of the men of Judah were living in Kiriath-arba (Hebron) and its villages, and in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,

Nehemiah 11:36

Certain divisions in Judah were joined to Benjamin of the Levites.

Nehemiah 12:28-29

The sons of the music-makers came together from the lowland round about Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites,

Nehemiah 12:44

Men were stationed over the houses where the contributions and the first fruits and the tenths were stored. They were to take into them the amounts, from the fields of every town. The law fixed this for the priests and the Levites: Judah was glad on account of the priests and the Levites who were in their places.

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Summary

All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

Samuel

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Bible References

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1 Chronicles 9:16
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.
Nehemiah 11:25
And for the villages with their fields, some of the men of Judah were living in Kiriath-arba (Hebron) and its villages, and in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,
Nehemiah 12:28
The sons of the music-makers came together from the lowland round about Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites,

David

1 Chronicles 28:13
He determined the divisions of the priests and Levites. He planned all the work done for worship in Jehovah's Temple. He designed all the utensils for worship in Jehovah's Temple.

Samuel

1 Samuel 9:9
Formerly in Israel, when a person went to ask God a question, he would say: Come; let's go to the seer. This is because a prophet used to be called a seer.

General references

1 Chronicles 15:23
Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.