1 Chronicles 9:14-26 –
Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of
Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; and Bakbakkar, Heresh,
Galal and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph; 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. The gatekeepers
were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen (Shallum was the chief); until then they were in the king's gate on the east side as the
gatekeepers of the camps of the Levites. Shallum the son of Kore,
son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of
his fathers' house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service,
keepers of the thresholds of the tent, as their fathers had been in charge of
the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance. And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the chief
officer over them in time past; the Lord was with him. Zechariah the son of
Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tent of meeting. All these, who were chosen
as gatekeepers at the thresholds, were 212. They were enrolled by genealogies
in their villages. David and Samuel the seer established them in their office
of trust. So they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house
of the Lord, that is, the house of the tent, as
guards. The gatekeepers were on the four sides, east, west, north, and
south. And their kinsmen who were in their villages were obligated to come in every seven days, in turn, to be with
these, for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were
entrusted to be over the chambers and the treasures of the house of God.
Jeremiah
35:4 – I brought them to the house
of the Lord into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the chamber of the officials, above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold.
Application:
- · Doorkeeper was one of three supervisors over those who guarded the entrances to the temple.
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
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