⁸ And they cast lots for their duty, the small as well as the great, ^(A)the teacher with the student.

¹³ And they ^(A)cast lots for each gate, the small as well as the great, according to their father’s house.

²⁶ And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

²⁴ And the heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers across from them, to ^(A)praise and give thanks, ^(B)group^[a] alternating with group, ^(C)according to the command of David the man of God.

¹³ When she looked, there was the king standing by his pillar at the entrance; and the leaders and the trumpeters were by the king. All the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets, also the singers with musical instruments, and ^(A)those who led in praise. So Athaliah tore her clothes and said, ^(B)“Treason! Treason!”

¹⁶ To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came out for the West Gate, with the Shallecheth Gate on the ^(A)ascending highway—watchman opposite watchman.

³¹ These also cast lots just as their brothers the sons of Aaron did, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the priests and Levites. The chief fathers did just as their younger brethren.

⁵ Thus they were divided by lot, one group as another, for there were officials of the sanctuary and officials of the house of God, from the sons of Eleazar and from the sons of Ithamar.

²² Chenaniah, leader of the Levites, was instructor in charge of the music, because he was skillful;