^24:3David, Zadok (a descendant of Eleazar), and Ahimelech (a descendant of Ithamar) divided them into groups to carry out their assigned responsibilities.¹^24:4The descendants of Eleazar had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar, so they divided them up accordingly; the descendants of Eleazar had sixteen leaders, while the descendants of Ithamar had eight.²^24:5They divided them by lots, for there were officials of the holy place and officials designated by God among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar.³^24:6The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar.⁴

^24:7The first lot went to Jehoiarib,

the second to Jedaiah,

^24:8the third to Harim,

the fourth to Seorim,

^24:9the fifth to Malkijah,

the sixth to Mijamin,

^24:10the seventh to Hakkoz,

the eighth to Abijah,

^24:11the ninth to Jeshua,

the tenth to Shecaniah,

^24:12the eleventh to Eliashib,

the twelfth to Jakim,

^24:13the thirteenth to Huppah,

the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

^24:14the fifteenth to Bilgah,

the sixteenth to Immer,

^24:15the seventeenth to Hezir,

the eighteenth to Happizzez,

^24:16the nineteenth to Pethahiah,

the twentieth to Jehezkel,

^24:17the twenty-first to Jakin,

the twenty-second to Gamul,

^24:18the twenty-third to Delaiah,

the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

^24:19This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the Lord’s temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor⁵ Aaron, just as the Lord God of Israel had instructed him.⁶

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Footnotes

1 Heb “for their assignment in their service.”
2 Heb “And the sons of Eleazar were found to be more, with respect to the heads of men, than the sons of Ithamar, and they divided them. To the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen heads, according to the house of the fathers; and to the sons of Ithamar there were eight, according to the house of their fathers.”
3 Heb “and they divided them by lots, these with these, for the officials of the holy place and the officials of God were from the sons of Eleazar and among the sons of Ithamar.”
4 Heb “one house of a father was drawn by lot for Eleazar, and one [this assumes an emendation of אָחֻז (’akhuz) to אֶחָד (’ekhad, “one”)] was drawn by lot for Ithamar.”
5 Heb “father.”
6 Heb “these were their responsibilities for their service to enter the house of the Lord according to their manner [given] by the hand of Aaron their father, as the Lord God of Israel commanded him.”