1 Chronicles 26:1-19

The Divisions of the Gatekeepers

1 As for the working groups of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, from the sons of Asaph.
2 And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
3 Elam the fifth, Jehohana the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
4 And Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.
6 And to Shemaiah his son were sons born who [were] rulers in the house of their father, for they [were] mighty warriors of ability.
7 The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers [were] sons of ability, Elihu and Semakiah.
8 All these from the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons, and their brothers [were] men of ability with strength for service; sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
9 And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, sons of ability, eighteen.
10 And Hosah, from the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (though he was not firstborn, his father appointed him as chief),
11 Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah [were] thirteen.
12 These working groups of gatekeepers, corresponding to the chief men, had responsibilities like their brothers to serve in the house of Yahweh.
13 And they cast lots, small and great alike, by their fathers' houses, {for their gates}.
14 And the lot fell to the east to Shelemiah. As for Zechariah his son, {a wise counselor}, they cast lots. And his lot came out for the north.
15 To Obed-Edom [went out] the south, and to his sons, the storehouses.
16 For Shuppim and Hosah [it went out] for the west, at the gate of Shalleketh, on the road that goes up, guard for guard.
17 To the east, six Levites; to the north, four daily; to the south, four daily; and at the storerooms, two [by] two.
18 For the court to the west, four at the road, two at the court.
19 These [were] the working groups of the gatekeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Literally "for gate and gate"
  • [b]. Literally "giving counsel with understanding"
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