1 For the divisions of the gatekeepers there were of the Korahites, 1In v 14, ShelemiahMeshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of 2In 9:19, EbiasaphAsaph. 2 Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 4 A2 Sam 6:11; 1 Chr 13:14Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh and Peullethai the eighth; God had indeed blessed him. 6 Also to his son Shemaiah sons were born who ruled over the house of their father, for they were mighty men of valor. 7 The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad, whose brothers, Elihu and Semachiah, were valiant men. 8 All these were of the sons of Obed-edom; they and their sons and their 1Lit brothers, and so throughout the chrelatives were able men with strength for the service, 62 from Obed-edom. 9 Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, 18 valiant men. 10 Also A1 Chr 16:38Hosah, one of the sons of Merari had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father made him first), 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and relatives of Hosah were 13.

12 To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief men, were given duties like their relatives to minister in the house of the Loʀᴅ. 13 A1 Chr 24:5, 31; 25:8They cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers’ households, for every gate. 14 The lot to the east fell to 1In 9:17, ShallumShelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a counselor with insight, and his lot came out to the north. 15 For Obed-edom it fell to the south, and to his sons went the storehouse. 16 For Shuppim and Hosah it was to the west, by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway. Guard corresponded to guard. 17 On the east there were six Levites, on the north four daily, on the south four daily, and at the storehouse two by two. 18 At the 1Possibly court or colonnadeA2 Kin 23:11Parbar on the west there were four at the highway and two at the Parbar. 19 These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari.

20 1So Gr; Heb As for the Levites, Ahijah hadThe Levites, their relatives, 2Lit were overhad A1 Chr 26:22, 24, 26; 28:12; Ezra 2:69charge of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the dedicated gifts. 21 The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, namely, the Jehielites, were the heads of the fathers’ households, belonging to Ladan the Gershonite.

22 The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, 1Lit were overhad charge of the treasures of the house of the Loʀᴅ. 23 As for the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites and the Uzzielites, 24 Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was officer over the treasures. 25 His relatives by Eliezer were Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zichri his son and Shelomoth his son. 26 This Shelomoth and his relatives 1Lit were overhad charge of all the treasures of the dedicated gifts A2 Sam 8:11which King David and the heads of the fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army, had dedicated. 27 They dedicated 1Heb from the battles and from the spoilpart of the spoil won in battles to repair the house of the Loʀᴅ. 28 And all that Samuel the seer had dedicated and Saul the son of Kish, Abner the son of Ner and Joab the son of Zeruiah, everyone who had dedicated anything, all of this was 1Lit under the handin the care of 2Heb ShelomithShelomoth and his relatives.

29 As for the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons ANeh 11:16were assigned to outside duties for Israel, as B1 Chr 23:4officers and judges. 30 As for the Hebronites, A1 Chr 27:17Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel 1Lit beyond the Jordan westwardwest of the Jordan, for all the work of the Loʀᴅ and the service of the king. 31 As for the Hebronites, A1 Chr 23:19Jerijah the chief 1Heb according to the Hebronites...father’s households(these Hebronites were investigated according to their genealogies and fathers’ households, in the fortieth year of David’s reign, and men of outstanding capability were found among them at B1 Chr 6:81Jazer of Gilead) 32 and his relatives, capable men, were 2,700 in number, heads of fathers’ households. And King David made them overseers of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites A2 Chr 19:11concerning 1Lit every matter of God and matter of the kingall the affairs of God and of the king.