## who stood opposite them to give praise and to give thanks, responding section by section ##

This refers to how worship was organized as "call and response." A leader-group may call to a single response-group or to two response-groups during worship.

## obedience to the command of David ##

King David directed how worship was to be organized and led by the Levites.

## gatekeepers standing guard at the storerooms of the gates ##

"gatekeepers who guarded the temple storerooms by the gates" See how you translated this in [Nehemiah 7:1](../07/01.md)

## in the days of ##

"during the leadership of" The date was fixed by listing those in charge at the time.

## Hashabiah, Sherebiah...Jeshua...Kadmiel...David...Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub...Joiakim...Jeshua...Jozadak...Nehemiah...Ezra ##

These are male names. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])