1 Chronicles 26

26Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was ^||Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of ^||Asaph. ²And the sons of ^aMeshelemiah were, ^aZechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. ⁴Moreover the sons of ^bObed-edom were, 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 blessed ^||him. ⁶Also unto ^cShemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour. ⁷The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were ^dstrong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. ⁸All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom. ⁹And ^eMeshelemiah had sons and brethren, ^dstrong men, eighteen. ¹⁰Also ^fHosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;) ¹¹Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. ¹²Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the Lord.

¹³And they ^gcast lots, ^||as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. ¹⁴And the lot eastward ^gfell to ^||Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. ¹⁵To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of ^†Asuppim. ¹⁶To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate ^hShallecheth, by ⁱthe causeway ^kof the going up, ward against ward. ¹⁷Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. ¹⁸At ^lParbar westward, four at ⁱthe causeway, and two at Parbar. ¹⁹These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of ^mKore, and among the sons of ⁿMerari.

²⁰And of the Levites, Ahijah was over ^othe treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the ^†dedicated things. ²¹As concerning the sons of ^||Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were ^||Jehieli. ²²The sons of Jehieli; ^pZetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the Lord. ^23qOf the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: ²⁴And ^rShebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures. ^25rAnd his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and ^sJeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son. ²⁶Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had ^tdedicated. ^27†Out of the spoils won in battles did they ^tdedicate to maintain the house of the Lord. ²⁸And all that ^uSamuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and ^wAbner the son of Ner, and ^xJoab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren. ²⁹Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for ^ythe outward business over Israel, for ^zofficers and judges. ³⁰And of the Hebronites, ^aHashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were ^†officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the Lord, and in the service of the king. ³¹Among the Hebronites was ^bJerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. ^*In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour ^cat Jazer of Gilead. ³²And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, ^dfor every matter pertaining to God, and ^†affairs of the king.