26 For the courses of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, ^[a]Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of ^[b]Asaph. ² And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the first-born, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³ Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. ⁴ And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth, ⁵ Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him. ⁶ Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor. ⁷ The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah. ⁸ All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-edom. ⁹ And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, valiant men, eighteen. ¹⁰ Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the first-born, yet his father made him chief), ¹¹ Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.

¹² Of these were the courses of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having ^[c]offices like their brethren, to minister in the house of Jehovah. ¹³ And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate. ¹⁴ And the lot eastward fell to ^[d]Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. ¹⁵ To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the store-house. ¹⁶ To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of ^[e]Shallecheth, at the causeway that goeth up, watch against watch. ¹⁷ Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the store-house two and two. ¹⁸ For ^[f]Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at ^[g]Parbar. ¹⁹ These were the courses of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.