1 Chronicles 9:19

9:19 Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family (the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary. ¹  Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the Lord’s dwelling place. ² 

1 Chronicles 26:13-19

26:13 They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which gate they would be responsible for. ³  26:14 The lot for the east gate went to Shelemiah. ⁴  They then cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise adviser, and the lot for the north gate went to him. 26:15 Obed-Edom was assigned the south gate, and his sons were assigned the storehouses. 26:16 Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west gate, along with the Shalleketh gate on the upper road. One guard was adjacent to another. ⁵  26:17 Each day there were six Levites posted on the east, four on the north, and four on the south. At the storehouses they were posted in pairs. 26:18 At the court on the west there were four posted on the road and two at the court. 26:19 These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.

1 Chronicles 26:2

26:2 Meshelemiah’s sons:

The firstborn Zechariah, the second Jediael, the third Zebadiah, the fourth Jathniel,

1 Chronicles 8:14

8:14 Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,

Nehemiah 11:19

11:19 And the gatekeepers:

Akkub, Talmon and their colleagues who were guarding the gates – 172.

Psalms 84:10

84:10 Certainly ⁶  spending just one day in your temple courts is better

than spending a thousand elsewhere. ⁷ 

I would rather stand at the entrance ⁸  to the temple of my God

than live ⁹  in the tents of the wicked.

[9:19]  ¹ tn Heb “and his brothers belonging to the house of his father, the Korachites, to the work of the task, guardians of the threshold of the tent.”

[9:19]  ² tn Heb “and their fathers to the camp of the Lord, guardians of the entrance.” Here “fathers” is used in a more general sense of “forefathers” or “ancestors” and is not limited specifically to their fathers only.

[26:13]  ³ tn Heb “for a gate and a gate,” i.e., for each gate.

[26:14]  ⁴ tn “Shelemiah” is a variant of the name “Meshelemiah” (cf. 26:2).

[26:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “a guard alongside a guard.”

[84:10]  ⁶ tn Or “for.”

[84:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “better is a day in your courts than a thousand [spent elsewhere].”

[84:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “I choose being at the entrance of the house of my God over living in the tents of the wicked.” The verb סָפַף (safaf) appears only here in the OT; it is derived from the noun סַף (saf, “threshold”). Traditionally some have interpreted this as a reference to being a doorkeeper at the temple, though some understand it to mean “lie as a beggar at the entrance to the temple” (see HALOT 765 s.v. ספף).

[84:10]  ⁹ tn The verb דּוּר (dur, “to live”) occurs only here in the OT.