1 Chronicles 26:1–19

¹The divisions of the doorkeepers. Of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. ²And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. ⁴—And the sons of Obed-Edom: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, ⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God had blessed him. ⁶And to Shemaiah his son were sons born, who were rulers in their father’s house; for they were mighty men of valour. ⁷The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, and Elzabad, whose brethren were valiant men, Elihu and Semachiah. ⁸All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service, were sixty-two of Obed-Edom. ⁹—And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, men of valour, eighteen. ¹⁰—And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the head, for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the head; ¹¹Hilkijah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. ¹²Among these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, among the head-men, as to the charges together with their brethren, for performing the service in the house of Jehovah. ¹³And they cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate. ¹⁴And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah; and they cast lots for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, and his lot came out northward; ¹⁵to Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse. ¹⁶To Shuppim and Hosah westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the ascent, watch against watch. ¹⁷Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and in the storehouse two and two. ¹⁸At the portico westward, four at the causeway, two at the portico. ¹⁹These are the divisions of the doorkeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.