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
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Bible References
In their
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.
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1 Chronicles 15:23
Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.