From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

² Meshelemiah had sons:

Zechariah^(B) the firstborn,

Jediael the second,

Zebadiah the third,

Jathniel the fourth,

³ Elam the fifth,

Jehohanan the sixth

and Eliehoenai the seventh.

⁴ Obed-Edom also had sons:

Shemaiah the firstborn,

Jehozabad the second,

Joah the third,

Sakar the fourth,

Nethanel the fifth,

⁵ Ammiel the sixth,

Issachar the seventh

and Peullethai the eighth.

(For God had blessed Obed-Edom.^(C))

⁶ Obed-Edom’s son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders in their father’s family because they were very capable men. ⁷ The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad; his relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also able men. ⁸ All these were descendants of Obed-Edom; they and their sons and their relatives were capable men with the strength to do the work—descendants of Obed-Edom, 62 in all.

⁹ Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, who were able men—18 in all.

¹⁰ Hosah the Merarite had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him the first),^{(D) 11} Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and relatives of Hosah were 13 in all.

²⁴ Shubael,^(P) a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the official in charge of the treasuries. ²⁵ His relatives through Eliezer: Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zikri his son and Shelomith^(Q) his son. ²⁶ Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated^(R) by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, and by the other army commanders. ²⁷ Some of the plunder taken in battle they dedicated for the repair of the temple of the Lord. ²⁸ And everything dedicated by Samuel the seer^(S) and by Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner and Joab son of Zeruiah, and all the other dedicated things were in the care of Shelomith and his relatives.

²⁹ From the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were assigned duties away from the temple, as officials and judges^(T) over Israel.

³⁰ From the Hebronites: Hashabiah^(U) and his relatives—seventeen hundred able men—were responsible in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the Lord and for the king’s service. ³¹ As for the Hebronites,^(V) Jeriah was their chief according to the genealogical records of their families. In the fortieth^(W) year of David’s reign a search was made in the records, and capable men among the Hebronites were found at Jazer in Gilead. ³² Jeriah had twenty-seven hundred relatives, who were able men and heads of families, and King David put them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.

⁵ The sons of Perez:^(J)

Hezron^(K) and Hamul.

⁶ The sons of Zerah:

Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda^[a]—five in all.

⁷ The son of Karmi:

Achar,^[b](L) who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.^[c](M)

⁸ The son of Ethan:

Azariah.

⁹ The sons born to Hezron^(N) were:

Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.^[d]

²⁴ After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur^(AE) the father^[g] of Tekoa.

The sons of Hur^(AL) the firstborn of Ephrathah:

Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,^{(AM) 51} Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.

⁵² The descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim were:

Haroeh, half the Manahathites, ⁵³ and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites,^(AN) Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴ The descendants of Salma:

Bethlehem, the Netophathites,^(AO) Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, ⁵⁵ and the clans of scribes^[j] who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites^(AP) who came from Hammath,^(AQ) the father of the Rekabites.^[k](AR)