King James Version (KJV)
1 Chronicles 9:21
“[And] Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah [was] porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 9
And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, [were] over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, [being] over the host of the LORD, [were] keepers of the entry.
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, [and] the LORD [was] with him.
[And] Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah [was] porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
All these [which were] chosen to be porters in the gates [were] two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
So they and their children [had] the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, [namely], the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
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Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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