² Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah 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 had sons because God blessed him: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sakar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, ⁵ Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Pe’ullethai the eighth.
⁶     Sons were also born to his son Shemaiah, who ruled over the house of their father, for they were strong, capable men. ⁷ The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers were capable men, Elihu and Semakiah. ⁸ All these were male descendants of Obed Edom. They and their sons and their brothers were strong, capable men for the service. There were sixty-two of them from Obed Edom.
⁹ Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, capable men, eighteen in all.

¹⁴ The lot for the east side fell to Shelemiah.
Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and his lot came out for the north side.
¹⁵ For Obed Edom the lot was for the south side, and for his sons the lot was for the storehouse.
¹⁶ For Shuppim and Hosah the lot was for the west side, by the gate of Shalleketh, by the ramp that goes up. They were stationed with one watchman next to another.
¹⁷ On the east side there were six Levites each day,
on the north side four each day,
and on the south side four each day,
and at the storehouse two at a time.
¹⁸ For the covered courtyard^[b] on the west side, four were stationed at the ramp, and two at the courtyard.