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 Shemaiah's son Obadiah, who was the grandson of Galal, who was fathered by Jeduthun, and Asa's son Berechiah, who was the grandson of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
Nehemiah 11:25
Now concerning the villages and their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages, in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its villages,
Nehemiah 12:28
So the descendants of the singers gathered themselves together from the region surrounding Jerusalem, from the villages of Netophathi,
David
1 Chronicles 28:13
for use by the ranks of priests and descendants of Levi, for all the work of service responsibilities in the Temple of the LORD, and for all of the utensils used in the work of the Temple of the LORD.
Samuel
1 Samuel 9:9
(Previously in Israel, a person would say when he went to inquire of God, "Come on! Let's go to the seer!" because the person known as a prophet today was formerly called a seer.)
General references
1 Chronicles 15:23
Berechiah and Elkanah served as gatekeepers for the ark.