1 Chronicles 26:1–19

The Divisions of the Gatekeepers

26As for the working groups of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, from the sons of Asaph. ²And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³Elam the fifth, Jehohana the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. ⁴And Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, ⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him. ⁶And to Shemaiah his son were sons born who were rulers in the house of their father, for they were mighty warriors of ability. ⁷The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers were sons of ability, Elihu and Semakiah. ⁸All these from the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons, and their brothers were men of ability with strength for service; sixty-two of Obed-Edom. ⁹And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, sons of ability, eighteen. ¹⁰And Hosah, from the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (though he was not firstborn, his father appointed him as chief), ¹¹Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.

¹²These working groups of gatekeepers, corresponding to the chief men, had responsibilities like their brothers to serve in the house of Yahweh. ¹³And they cast lots, small and great alike, by their fathers’ houses, for their gates.^{a 14}And the lot fell to the east to Shelemiah. As for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor,^b they cast lots. And his lot came out for the north. ¹⁵To Obed-Edom went out the south, and to his sons, the storehouses. ¹⁶For Shuppim and Hosah it went out for the west, at the gate of Shalleketh, on the road that goes up, guard for guard. ¹⁷To the east, six Levites; to the north, four daily; to the south, four daily; and at the storerooms, two by two. ¹⁸For the court to the west, four at the road, two at the court. ¹⁹These were the working groups of the gatekeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.