Divisions of the Gatekeepers

26 For the divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Korahites: Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. ² Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³ Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. ⁴ Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, ⁵ Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God had blessed him. ⁶ Also to his son Shemaiah sons were born who ruled over the house of their father, for they were courageous men of ability. ⁷ The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers were courageous and able men, Elihu and Semachiah. ⁸ All these were sons of Obed-edom [in whose house the ark was kept], they and their sons and relatives, strong and able men for the service—sixty-two from Obed-edom.^{(A) 9} Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, eighteen courageous men. ¹⁰ Also Hosah, one of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the first and chief (although he was not the firstborn, his father made him first), ¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; the sons and relatives of Hosah were thirteen in all.

¹² To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief men, were given duties, like their relatives, to minister in the house of the Lord. ¹³ They cast lots, the small (younger) and great (older) alike, in accordance with their fathers’ households, for every gate. ¹⁴ The lot for the east [gates] fell to Shelemiah. They cast lots also for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and his lot came out for the north [gates]. ¹⁵ To Obed-edom [it came out] for the south [gates], and the storehouse was allotted to his sons. ¹⁶ To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot fell] for the west [gates], by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway, division by division. ¹⁷ On the east were six Levites, on the north four a day, on the south four a day, and two by two at the storehouse. ¹⁸ At the ^[a]colonnade on the west side [of the outer court of the temple] there were four at the road and two at the colonnade. ¹⁹ These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.