1 Chronicles 9:22-27

9:22 All 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 ¹  had appointed them to their positions. ²  9:23 They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle). ³  9:24 The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides – east, west, north, and south. 9:25 Their relatives, who lived in their settlements, came from time to time and served with them for seven-day periods. 9:26 The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary. ⁴  9:27 They would spend the night in their posts all around God’s sanctuary, ⁵  for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning.

[9:22]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term is רֹאֶה (ro’eh, “seer”), an older word for נָבִיא (navi’, “prophet”).

[9:22]  ² tn Heb “they – David appointed, and Samuel the seer, in their position.”

[9:23]  ³ tn Heb “and they and their sons to the gates of the house of the Lord, of the house of the tent, [were assigned] as guards.”

[9:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the house of God.”

[9:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “in the house of God.”