2 The first inhabitants to return to their possession in their cities were some Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.*+

22 All those selected as gatekeepers at the thresholds numbered 212. They were in their settlements by their genealogical enrollment.+ David and Samuel the seer+ appointed these to their office of trust.

16 Then Je·hoiʹa·da made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they would continue as the people of Jehovah.+

19 He also stationed the gatekeepers+ by the gates of the house of Jehovah, so that no one unclean in any respect could enter.