1 Chronicles 26:5-15

5 Amihel sextus Isachar septimus Phollathi octavus quia benedixit illi Dominus

6 Semeiae autem filio eius nati sunt filii praefecti familiarum suarum erant enim viri fortissimi

7 filii ergo Semeiae Othni et Raphahel et Obedihel Zabad fratres eius viri fortissimi Heliu quoque et Samachias

8 omnes hii de filiis Obededom ipsi et filii et fratres eorum fortissimi ad ministrandum sexaginta duo de Obededom

9 porro Mesellamiae filii et fratres robustissimi decem et octo

10 de Hosa autem id est de filiis Merari Semri princeps non enim habuerat primogenitum et idcirco posuerat eum pater eius in principem

11 Helchias secundus Tabelias tertius Zaccharias quartus omnes hii filii et fratres Hosa tredecim

12 hii divisi sunt in ianitores ut semper principes custodiarum sicut et fratres eorum ministrarent in domo Domini

13 missae sunt autem sortes ex aequo et parvis et magnis per familias suas in unamquamque portarum

14 cecidit igitur sors orientalis Selemiae porro Zacchariae filio eius viro prudentissimo et erudito sortito obtigit plaga septentrionalis

15 Obededom vero et filiis eius ad austrum in qua parte domus erat seniorum concilium

1 Chronicles 26:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 26

In this chapter we have a further account of the disposition and distribution of the Levites, to serve in other offices, as of porters at the several gates of the temple, for which they cast lots, 1Ch 26:1-19 of others, as over the treasures of the house of the Lord, 1Ch 26:20-28, and of others that were appointed judges in the land, to administer justice to the people, 1Ch 26:29-32.