1 Chronicles 9:10-33

10The priests who returned to live in Jerusalem were: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jakin and Azariah.

11Azariah was Hilkiah's son. Hilkiah was Meshullam's son. Meshullam was Zadok's son. Zadok was Meraioth's son. Meraioth was Ahitub's son. Ahitub was the most important officer in God's temple.

12There was also Adaiah, the son of Jeroham and grandson of Pashhur, who was Malkijah's son. And there was Maasai, the son of Adiel and grandson of Jahzerah. Jahzerah was Meshullam's son. Meshullam was Meshillemith's son, and Meshillemith was Immer's son.

13There were 1,760 priests and their relatives who returned. They were leaders of their clans. They were able to do their jobs well as they served God in his temple.

14From the Levites, there were: Shemaiah, the son of Hasshub and grandson of Azrikam, who was Hashabiah's son. Hashabiah belonged to Merari's clan.

15There was Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal and Mattaniah, the son of Mica and grandson of Zikri, who was a descendant of Asaph.

16There was also Obadiah, the son of Shemaiah and grandson of Galal, who was Jeduthun's son. And there was Berekiah, the son of Asa and grandson of Elkanah. Elkanah had lived in the villages of the Netophath people.

17The Levite guards at the gates of the temple were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their relatives. Shallum was their leader.

18Those guards stood at the King's Gate on the east side of the temple.

19Shallum was the son of Kore and grandson of Ebiasaph, who belonged to Korah's clan. Shallum and his relatives from Korah's clan were guards at the entrance of the Lord's Holy Place. Their ancestors had also been guards at the entrance of the Lord's special tent.

20Eleazar's son Phinehas had been the leader of the guards at one time. The Lord was with Phinehas to help him.

21Meshelemiah's son Zechariah was also a guard at the entrance of the tent where the Lord met with his people.

22There were 212 guards for the gates of the temple. Their names were written in the lists of their ancestors, for each village where they lived. King David and the prophet Samuel had chosen their ancestors to do this important work as guards.

23Those men and their descendants had to stand as guards at the gates of the Lord's Holy Place, which had been a special tent.

24The guards stood on the four sides of the Lord's house: the east, west, north and south sides.

25Their relatives lived in their villages. They came to Jerusalem to help with the work as guards. Each time that they came, they worked there for seven days.

26There were four faithful Levite guards who led the work. They kept safe the rooms in God's house where they stored valuable things and money.

27They stayed at their places around God's house during each night. It was their work to keep it safe. Each morning they would use their key to open the gates.

28Some of the guards kept safe the valuable things that the priests used when they served the Lord. The guards counted those things when the priests brought them in. They counted them again when the priests took them out.

29Some other guards kept safe the tools and the valuable things that were in the Holy Place. Some guards took care of the flour, wine, olive oil, incense and spices.

30But it was the work of some of the priests to mix the spices.

31Mattithiah was a Levite who belonged to Korah's clan. His work was to prepare the bread that they used as offerings.

32Other Levites who belonged to Kohath's clan prepared the bread for the special table. The priests put this bread on the special table in the Holy Place each Sabbath day.

33Some of the Levites were musicians in the temple. The leaders of those clans lived in rooms at the temple. They needed to do their work as musicians during the night, as well as during the day. So they did not have other jobs to do in the temple.