²⁶ for the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted to be over ^(A)the chambers and the treasures of the house of God.

³³ Now these, the ^(A)singers, the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, were in the chambers of the temple free from other service, for they were on duty day and night.

¹¹ And he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had dedicated to the sun, at the entrance to the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the precincts.^[a] And he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.

³⁹ For the people of Israel and the sons of Levi ^(A)shall bring the contribution of grain, wine, and oil to the chambers, where the vessels of the sanctuary are, as well as the priests who minister, and the gatekeepers and the singers. ^(B)We will not neglect the house of our God.”