^14 (A)Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

²⁴ And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and ^(A)Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them, ^(B)to praise and to give thanks, ^(C)according to the commandment of David ^(D)the man of God, ^(E)watch by watch.

¹⁵ And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni; ¹⁶ and Shabbethai and ^(A)Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over ^(B)the outside work of the house of God; ¹⁷ and ^(C)Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader of the praise,^[a] who gave thanks, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun. ¹⁸ All the Levites in ^(D)the holy city were 284.

¹⁹ The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

¹¹ Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah,

^63 (A)To the Merarites according to their clans were allotted twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.