1 Chronicles 26:1–19

Divisions of the Gatekeepers

¹For the divisions of the gatekeepers there were of the Korahites, ¹Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of ²Asaph.

²Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

³Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.

^4aObed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh and Peullethai the eighth; God had indeed blessed him.

⁶Also to his son Shemaiah sons were born who ruled over the house of their father, for they were mighty men of valor.

⁷The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad, whose brothers, Elihu and Semachiah, were valiant men.

⁸All these were of the sons of Obed-edom; they and their sons and their ¹relatives were able men with strength for the service, 62 from Obed-edom.

⁹Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, 18 valiant men.

¹⁰Also ^aHosah, one of the sons of Merari had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father made him first),

¹¹Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and relatives of Hosah were 13.

¹²To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief men, were given duties like their relatives to minister in the house of the Lord.

^13aThey cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers’ households, for every gate.

¹⁴The lot to the east fell to ¹Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a counselor with insight, and his lot came out to the north.

¹⁵For Obed-edom it fell to the south, and to his sons went the storehouse.

¹⁶For Shuppim and Hosah it was to the west, by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway. Guard corresponded to guard.

¹⁷On the east there were six Levites, on the north four daily, on the south four daily, and at the storehouse two by two.

¹⁸At the ^1aParbar on the west there were four at the highway and two at the Parbar.

¹⁹These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari.