1 Chronicles 9:19

New Century Version

Shallum was Kore’s son. Kore was Ebiasaph’s son, and Ebiasaph was Korah’s son. Shallum and his relatives from the family of Korah were gatekeepers and were responsible for guarding the gates of the Temple. Their ancestors had also been responsible for guarding the entrance to the Temple of the Lord.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:15

Jehoiada the priest gave orders to the commanders of a hundred men, who led the army. He said, “Surround her with soldiers and kill with a sword anyone who follows her.” He commanded this because he had said, “Don’t put Athaliah to death in the Temple of the Lord.”

2 Kings 11:9

The commanders over a hundred men obeyed everything Jehoiada the priest had commanded. Each one took his men who came on duty on the Sabbath and those who went off duty on the Sabbath, and they came to Jehoiada the priest.

2 Kings 12:10

Each time the priests saw that the box was full of money, the king’s royal secretary and the high priest came. They counted the money that had been brought to the Temple of the Lord, and they put it into bags.

1 Chronicles 9:18

These gatekeepers from the tribe of Levi still stand next to the King’s Gate on the east side of the city.

1 Chronicles 9:20

In the past Phinehas, Eleazar’s son, was in charge of the gatekeepers, and the Lord was with Phinehas.

Psalm 42:1

As a deer thirsts for streams of water, so I thirst for you, God.

Psalm 44:1

God, we have heard about you. Our ancestors told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.

Psalm 49:1

Listen to this, all you nations; listen, all you who live on earth.

Psalm 84:10

One day in the courtyards of your Temple is better than a thousand days anywhere else. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the Temple of my God than live in the homes of the wicked.

Jeremiah 35:4

Then I brought them into the Temple of the Lord. We went into the room of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, who was a man of God. The room was next to the one where the officers stay and above the room of Maaseiah son of Shallum, the doorkeeper in the Temple.

Jeremiah 52:24

The commander of the king’s special guards took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank, and the three doorkeepers.