9:22 All those selected to be gatekeepers at the entrances numbered 212. Their names were recorded in the genealogical records of their settlements. David and Samuel the prophet 1 had appointed them to their positions. 2
7:2 The sons of Tola:
Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, 3 and Samuel. 4 They were leaders of their families. 5 In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records. 6
1 tn The Hebrew term is רֹאֶה (ro’eh, “seer”), an older word for נָבִיא (navi’, “prophet”).
2 tn Heb “they – David appointed, and Samuel the seer, in their position.”
3 tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”
4 tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.”
5 tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”
6 tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”