²⁴ Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of ^(A)Zerah the son of Judah, was ^(B)the^[a] king’s deputy in all matters concerning the people.

³⁰ Afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand. And his name was called ^(A)Zerah.

^17 (A)Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were ^[a]chief ministers at the king’s side.

^3 (A)Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, ^(B)Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.

²¹ Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua,

²⁸ because their duty was to help the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts and in the chambers, in the purifying of all holy things and the work of the service of the house of God,

²⁰ And ^(A)the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Parzites; of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.