To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg (for in his days the earth was divided), and his brother's name was Joktan.

The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless.

The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mareshah his firstborn, who fathered Ziph. The son of Mareshah: Hebron.

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton.

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did all their clan multiply like the men of Judah.

though Judah became strong among his brothers and a chief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),

and his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, namely, Asaph the son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

On the left hand were their brothers, the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

And their brothers the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

The sons of Shemer his brother: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty. And he wielded his spear against 300 men and killed them and won a name beside the three.

The mighty men were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,

Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri,

Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite,

And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them.

And David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and from the Lord our God, let us send abroad to our brothers who remain in all the lands of Israel, as well as to the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasturelands, that they may be gathered to us.

of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, with 120 of his brothers;

of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with 220 of his brothers;

of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with 130 of his brothers;

of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, with 200 of his brothers;

of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, with 80 of his brothers;

of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, with 112 of his brothers.

and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites. Consecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

and with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.

Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the Lord by Asaph and his brothers.

Worship Before the Ark

So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister regularly before the ark as each day required,

and also Obed-edom and his sixty-eight brothers, while Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah were to be gatekeepers.

And he left Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon

The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites.

And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, Joab's brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.

And there was again war with the Philistines, and Elhanan the son of Jair struck down Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam.

And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, struck him down.

Thus they were to keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and to attend the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the service of the house of the Lord.

The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah.

These also, the head of each father's house and his younger brother alike, cast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites.

The number of them along with their brothers, who were trained in singing to the Lord, all who were skillful, was 288.

The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him and his brothers and his sons, twelve;

the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to the fifteenth, to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to the sixteenth, to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to the seventeenth, to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to the eighteenth, to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to the nineteenth, to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to the twentieth, to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to the twenty-first, to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to the twenty-second, to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to the twenty-third, to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

to the twenty-fourth, to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.

The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad, whose brothers were able men, Elihu and Semachiah.

All these were of the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and brothers, able men qualified for the service; sixty-two of Obed-edom.

And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, able men, eighteen.

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.

These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brothers did, ministering in the house of the Lord.

The sons of Jehieli, Zetham, and Joel his brother, were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the Lord.

His brothers: from Eliezer were his son Rehabiah, and his son Jeshaiah, and his son Joram, and his son Zichri, and his son Shelomoth.

This Shelomoth and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries of the dedicated gifts that David the king and the heads of the fathers' houses and the officers of the thousands and the hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated.

Also all that Samuel the seer and Saul the son of Kish and Abner the son of Ner and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated—all dedicated gifts were in the care of Shelomoth and his brothers.

Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, 1,700 men of ability, had the oversight of Israel westward of the Jordan for all the work of the Lord and for the service of the king.

King David appointed him and his brothers, 2,700 men of ability, heads of fathers' houses, to have the oversight of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites for everything pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.

Asahel the brother of Joab was fourth, for the fourth month, and his son Zebadiah after him; in his division were 24,000.

for Judah, Elihu, one of David's brothers; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael;

Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building.