1 Chronicles 9:22

22 The number of those who had been chosen to be security guards was 212 - they were officially registered in their own camps. David and Samuel the seer handpicked them for their dependability.

1 Chronicles 9:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 9:22

All those that were chosen to be porters in the gates were
two hundred and twelve
As fixed in the days of David, and might not be fewer:

these were reckoned by their genealogies in their villages;
where they dwelt:

whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office;
the scheme was first drawn by Samuel the prophet, and communicated to David, who put it into execution, to be constantly and perpetually observed.

1 Chronicles 9:22 In-Context

20 In the early days, Phinehas son of Eleazar was in charge of the security guards - God be with him!

21 Now Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the security guard at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

22 The number of those who had been chosen to be security guards was 212 - they were officially registered in their own camps. David and Samuel the seer handpicked them for their dependability.

23 They and their sons had the permanent responsibility for guarding the gates of God's house, the house of worship;

24 the main security guards were posted at the four entrances, east, west, north, and south;