26. for the four chief gatekeepers, who were LEVITES, were in an office of trust, and were over the rooms and over the treasuries in God's house.

27. They stayed around God's house, because that duty was on them; and to their duty was its opening morning by morning.

28. Certain of them were in charge of the vessels of service; for these were brought in by count, and these were taken out by count.

29. Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense, and the spices.

All that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brothers.

People with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of The LORD's house, under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

5. He gathered together the priests and the LEVITES, and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather money to repair the house of your God from all Israel from year to year. See that you expedite this matter." However the LEVITES didn't do it right away.

6. The king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, "Why haven't you required of the LEVITES to bring in the tax of Moses the servant of The LORD, and of the assembly of Israel, out of Judah and out of Jerusalem, for the Tent of the Testimony?"

7. For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up God's house; and they also gave all the dedicated things of The LORD's house to the Baals.

8. So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside at the gate of The LORD's house.

9. They made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the LORD the tax that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness.

10. All the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had filled it.

11. Whenever the chest was brought to the king's officers by the hand of the LEVITES, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

11. Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in The LORD's house, and they prepared them.

12. They brought in the offerings, the tithes, and the dedicated things faithfully. Conaniah the Levite was ruler over them, and Shimei his brother was second.

13. Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers under the hand of Conaniah and Shimei his brother, by the appointment of Hezekiah the king and Azariah the ruler of God's house.

14. Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the gatekeeper at the east gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute The LORD's offerings and the most holy things.

15. Under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their office of trust, to give to their brothers by divisions, to the great as well as to the small;

16. besides those who were listed by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even everyone who entered into The LORD's house, as the duty of every day required, for their service in their offices according to their divisions;

17. and those who were listed by genealogy of the priests by their fathers' houses, and the LEVITES from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their divisions;

18. and those who were listed by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation; for in their office of trust they sanctified themselves in holiness.

19. Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all who were listed by genealogy among the LEVITES.

They came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into God's house, which the LEVITES, the keepers of the threshold, had gathered from the hands of Manasseh, Ephraim, of all the remnant of Israel, of all Judah and Benjamin, and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem.