22 All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212. These were enrolled by genealogy in their villages, (A)whom David and Samuel the seer appointed (B)in their office of trust. 23 So they and their sons [a]had charge of the gates of the house of the Lord, even the house of the tent, as guards. 24 The gatekeepers were [b]on the four sides, to the east, west, north and south.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 9:23 Lit were over the gates
  2. 1 Chronicles 9:24 Lit to the four winds