The gatekeepers’ descendants included Shallum’s descendants, Ater’s descendants, Talmon’s descendants, Akkub’s descendants, Hatita’s descendants, Shobai’s descendants, in all 139
The diseased men came and called to the city’s gatekeepers and told them, ‘We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there #– #no human sounds. There was nothing but tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.’
This Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries of what had been dedicated by King David, by the family heads who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.