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The sons of Meselemia: Zacharias the firstborn, Jadihel the second, Zabadias the third, Jathanael the fourth,
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Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
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And the sons of Obededom, Semeias the firstborn, Jozabad the second, Joaha the third, Sachar the fourth, Nathanael the fifth,
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Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Phollathi the eighth: for the Lord had blessed him.
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And to Semei his son were born sons, heads of their families: for they were men of great valour.
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The sons then of Semeias were Othni, and Raphael, and Obed, Elizabad, and his brethren most valiant men: and Eliu, and Samachias.
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All these of the sons of Obededom: they, and their sons, and their brethren most able men for service, sixty-two of Obededom.
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And the sons of Meselemia, and their brethren strong men, were eighteen.
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And of Hosa, that is, of the sons of Merari: Semri the chief, (for he had not a firstborn, and therefore his father made him chief.)
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Helcias the second, Tabelias the third, Zacharias the fourth: all these the sons, and the brethren of Hosa, were thirteen.
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Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord.