1 Chronicles 26:1–19

¹As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. ²And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jedia-el the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathni-el the fourth, ³Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eli-e-ho-enai the seventh. ⁴And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, ⁵Ammi-el the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Pe-ullethai the eighth; for God blessed him. ⁶Also to his son Shemaiah were sons born who were rulers in their fathers’ houses, for they were men of great ability. ⁷The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Repha-el, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brethren were able men, Elihu and Semachiah. ⁸All these were of the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and brethren, able men qualified for the service; sixty-two of Obed-edom. ⁹And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, able men, eighteen. ¹⁰And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the first-born, his father made him chief), ¹¹Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

¹²These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brethren did, ministering in the house of the Lord; ¹³and they cast lots by fathers’ houses, small and great alike, for their gates. ¹⁴The lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. They cast lots also for his son Zechariah, a shrewd counselor, and his lot came out for the north. ¹⁵Obed-edom’s came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the storehouse. ¹⁶For Shuppim and Hosah it came out for the west, at the gate of Shallecheth on the road that goes up. Watch corresponded to watch. ¹⁷On the east there were six each day,^b on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the storehouse; ¹⁸and for the parbar^c on the west there were four at the road and two at the parbar. ¹⁹These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.