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17 The gatekeepers:(A) Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.

Shallum was their chief;

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19 Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah and his relatives from his ancestral family, the Korahites, were assigned to guard the thresholds of the tent.[a] Their ancestors had been assigned to the Lord’s camp as guardians of the entrance.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:19 = the temple

31 A Levite called Mattithiah, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:31 Lit with things prepared in pans

42 The gatekeepers’(A) descendants included

Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants,

Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,

Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all 139

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45 The gatekeepers(A) included

Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants,

Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants,

Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants 138.

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