1 Chronicles 26:12

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These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had assigned responsibilities, like their relatives, as they served in the LORD’s temple.

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  • 1 Chr 25:8 : 8 They cast lots to determine their responsibilities– oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student.

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  • 1 Chr 26:16-20
    5 verses
    85%

    16Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west gate, along with the Shalleketh gate on the upper road. One guard was adjacent to another.

    17Each day there were six Levites posted on the east, four on the north, and four on the south. At the storehouses they were posted in pairs.

    18At the court on the west there were four posted on the road and two at the court.

    19These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.

    20Supervisors of the Storehouses Their fellow Levites were in charge of the storehouses in God’s temple and the storehouses containing consecrated items.

  • 1 Chr 9:26-28
    3 verses
    82%

    26The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary.

    27They would spend the night in their posts all around God’s sanctuary, for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning.

    28Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out.

  • 1 Chr 9:22-24
    3 verses
    80%

    22All those selected to be gatekeepers at the entrances numbered 212. Their names were recorded in the genealogical records of their settlements. David and Samuel the prophet had appointed them to their positions.

    23They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the LORD’s sanctuary(that is, the tabernacle).

    24The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides– east, west, north, and south.

  • 1 Chr 26:13
    80%

    13They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which gate they would be responsible for.

  • Neh 12:24-26
    3 verses
    79%

    24And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by David the man of God.

    25Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who were guarding the storerooms at the gates.

    26These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priestly scribe.

  • 1 Chr 26:1
    78%

    1Divisions of Gatekeepers The divisions of the gatekeepers:From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

  • 1 Chr 9:17-19
    3 verses
    77%

    17The gatekeepers were:Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the leader;

    18he serves to this day at the King’s Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi.

    19Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family(the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary. Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the LORD’s dwelling place.

  • 1 Chr 26:11
    77%

    11the second Hilkiah, the third Tebaliah, and the fourth Zechariah. All of Hosah’s sons and relatives numbered thirteen.

  • 2 Chr 34:13
    76%

    13supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards.

  • 1 Chr 15:18
    76%

    18along with some of their relatives who were second in rank, including Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.

  • 2 Chr 31:13-16
    4 verses
    75%

    13Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah worked under the supervision of Konaniah and his brother Shimei, as directed by King Hezekiah and Azariah, the supervisor of God’s temple.

    14Kore son of Imnah, a Levite and the guard on the east side, was in charge of the voluntary offerings made to God and disbursed the contributions made to the LORD and the consecrated items.

    15In the cities of the priests, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him in making disbursements to their fellow priests according to their divisions, regardless of age.

    16They made disbursements to all the males three years old and up who were listed in the genealogical records– to all who would enter the LORD’s temple to serve on a daily basis and fulfill their duties as assigned to their divisions.

  • 1 Chr 16:38
    75%

    38including Obed-Edom and sixty-eight colleagues. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were gatekeepers.

  • 2 Chr 8:14
    74%

    14As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered.

  • 1 Chr 24:4-6
    3 verses
    74%

    4The descendants of Eleazar had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar, so they divided them up accordingly; the descendants of Eleazar had sixteen leaders, while the descendants of Ithamar had eight.

    5They divided them by lots, for there were officials of the holy place and officials designated by God among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar.

    6The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar.

  • Neh 11:19
    74%

    19And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their colleagues who were guarding the gates– 172.

  • 2 Kgs 11:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. You will take turns guarding the palace.

    7The two units who are off duty on the Sabbath will guard the LORD’s temple and protect the king.

  • 1 Chr 25:8
    74%

    8They cast lots to determine their responsibilities– oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student.

  • Ezra 2:42
    73%

    42The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai: 139.

  • Neh 12:45-46
    2 verses
    73%

    45They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and his son Solomon.

    46For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God.

  • 2 Chr 23:4
    73%

    4This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors.

  • 1 Chr 24:31
    73%

    31Just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with those of the youngest.

  • 2 Chr 35:15
    73%

    15The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s prophet. The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

  • 2 Chr 26:12
    73%

    12The total number of family leaders who led warriors was 2,600.

  • Neh 11:12
    73%

    12and their colleagues who were carrying out work for the temple– 822; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah,

  • Neh 7:45
    73%

    45The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138.

  • Neh 11:16
    72%

    16Shabbethai and Jozabad, leaders of the Levites, were in charge of the external work for the temple of God;

  • 1 Chr 26:26
    72%

    26Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the storehouses containing the consecrated items dedicated by King David, the family leaders who led units of a thousand and a hundred, and the army officers.

  • Neh 12:9
    72%

    9Bakbukiah and Unni, their colleagues, stood opposite them in the services.

  • 1 Chr 26:22
    72%

    22and the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the storehouses in the LORD’s temple.

  • 1 Chr 23:4
    72%

    4David said,“Of these, 24,000 are to direct the work of the LORD’s temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges;

  • 1 Chr 15:23
    72%

    23Berechiah and Elkanah were guardians of the ark;