1Chronicles:9:1-34
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So all Israel were recorded by their genealogies ,
and ,
behold ,
they are written in the book of the Kings of Israel ;
but Judah were carried away into exile to Babylon for their unfaithfulness .
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And the first inhabitants that in their possessions in their cities ,
were the Israelites ,
the priests ,
the Levites ,
and the temple
servants .
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And in Jerusalem dwelt some of the children of Judah ,
and of the children of Benjamin ,
and of the children of Ephraim ,
and Menasseh .
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Uthai the son of
Ammihud ,
the son of
Omri ,
the son of Imri ,
the son of Bani ,
of the children of Perez the son of Judah .
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And of the Shilonites :
Assayah the first
born ,
and his sons .
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And of the sons of Zerach :
Je
uel ,
and their brethren ,
six hundred and ninety .
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And of the sons of Benjamin :
Sallu the son of Meshullam ,
the son of Hodavyah ,
the son of Hassenuah ,
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And Yibneyah the son of Jerocham ,
and Elah the son of
Uzzi ,
the son of Michri ,
and Meshullam the son of Shephatyah ,
the son of Re
uel ,
the son of Yibniyah ;
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And their brethren ,
according to their generations ,
nine hundred and fifty and six .
All these men were chiefs of the divisions of their family divisions .
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And of the priests :
Jeda
yah ,
and Jehoyarib ,
and Jachin .
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And
Azaryah the son of Chilkiyah ,
the son of Meshullam ,
the son of Zadok ,
the son of Merayoth ,
the son of Actitub ,
the ruler of the house of God .
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And
Adayah the son of Jerocham ,
the son of Pashchur ,
the son of Malkiyah ,
and Ma
sai the son of
Adiel ,
the son of Jachzerah ,
the son of Meshullam ,
the son of Meshillemith ,
the son of Immer :
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And their brethren ,
chiefs of their family divisions ,
were one thousand and seven hundred and sixty ,
very able men for the work of the service of the house of God .
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And of the Levites :
Shema
yah the son of Chasshub ,
the son of
Azrikam ,
the son of Chashabyah ,
of the sons of Merari ;
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And Bakbakkar ,
Cheresh ,
and Galal ,
and Matthanyah the son of Micha ,
the son of Zichri ,
the son of Assaph ;
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And
Obadiah the son of Shema
yah ,
the son of Galal ,
the son of Jeduthun ;
and Berechyah the son of Assa ,
the son of Elkanah ,
that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites .
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And the gatekeepers were Shallum ,
and
Akkub ,
and Talmon ,
and Achiman ,
and their brethren ,
Shallum being the chief ;
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And up to this time they are in the king
s gate to the eastward :
they are the gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi .
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And Shallum the son of Kore ,
the son of Ebyassaph ,
the son of Korach ,
and his brethren ,
of the house of his father ,
the Korchites ,
being over the work of the service ,
were the watchmen at the threshold of the tabernacle :
and their fathers ,
being over the camp of the Lord ,
were the watchmen at the entrance .
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And Phinehas the son of El
azar was the ruler over them in times past ;
the Lord was with him .
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Zechariah the son of Meshelemyah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the tabernacle of the congregation .
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All of these selected to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were two hundred and twelve .
These were recorded according to their genealogy in their villages ;
those David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their trust .
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Both they and their children had the oversight over the gates of the house of the Lord ,
the house of the tabernacle ,
as watches .
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On four quarters were the gatekeepers ,
toward the east ,
the west ,
the north ,
and the south .
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And their brethren ,
who were in their villages ,
had to come after every seven days from time to time in common with these .
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For in trust were these four chief gatekeepers
these Levites ,
and they were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God .
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And they lodged round about the house of God ;
because upon them rested the duty of watching ,
and they had the supervision of the opening thereof each and every morning .
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And some of them had the charge of the vessels for the service ;
for by number did they bring them in ,
and by number did they carry them out .
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Some of them also were appointed over the vessels ,
and over all the vessels of the sanctuary ,
and over the fine flour ,
and the wine ,
and the oil ,
and the frankincense ,
and the spices .
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And some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixture of the spices .
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And Matthithyah ,
one of the Levites ,
who was the first
born of Shallum the Korchite ,
had the trust over the meat
offerings that were baked in the pans .
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And others of their brethren ,
of the sons of the Kehathites ,
were over the orders of the shew
bread ,
to prepare it every sabbath .
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But these the singers ,
the chiefs of the divisions of the Levites ,
remained in the chambers free of service ;
for day and night were they obliged to engage in that work .
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These are the chiefs of the divisions of the Levites ,
being the chiefs for their generations :
these dwelt at Jerusalem .
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