Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites {was} Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. {Meshelemiah: also called, Shelemiah} {Asaph: also called, Ebiasaph}

Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, {were} an hundred seventy and two. {the gates: Heb. at the gates}

Moreover four thousand {were} porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, {said David}, to praise {therewith}.

And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. {so had David...: Heb. so was the commandment of David the man of God}

And the singers the sons of Asaph {were} in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters {waited} at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. {place: Heb. station}

Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites {was} Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. {Meshelemiah: also called, Shelemiah} {Asaph: also called, Ebiasaph}

Also {they were} over the bearers of burdens, and {were} overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites {there were} scribes, and officers, and porters.

The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, {in} all an hundred thirty and nine.

And there went up {some} of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

And Mattithiah, {one} of the Levites, who {was} the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans. {set...: or, trust} {in...: or, on flat plates, or, slices}

Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, {were} an hundred seventy and two. {the gates: Heb. at the gates}

Moreover four thousand {were} porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, {said David}, to praise {therewith}.