Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
David
Samuel
General references
Bible References
In their
1 Chronicles 9:16
and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
Nehemiah 11:25
And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages, and in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and its villages,
Nehemiah 12:28
And the sons of the singers gathered together from the district surrounding Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites;
David
1 Chronicles 28:13
for the divisions of the priests and of the Levites, and all the work of the service in the house of the LORD; for all the vessels for the service in the house of the LORD,
Samuel
1 Samuel 9:9
(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, "Come, let us go to the seer," for today's "prophet" was formerly called a seer.)
General references
1 Chronicles 15:23
Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.