These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.
Observe, I. There were porters appointed to attend the temple, who guarded all the avenues that let to it, opened and shut all the outer gates and attended at them, not only for the state, but for service, to direct and instruct those who were going to worship in the courts of the sanctuary in the decorum they were to observe, to encourage those that...
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 26:1-19
The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother,.... Both sons of Jehieli: which were over the treasures of the house of the Lord; that part of the trust which before was committed to Ahijah, which concerned provisions for sacred uses, before observed.
1Ch 26:19 Subscription, in which it is again stated that the classes of doorkeepers were taken from among the Korahites and Merarites.