1 Chronicles 26
1 Concerning the
divisions of the
porters: Of the
Korhites was
Meshelemiah the
son of
Kore, of the
sons of
Asaph. 2 And the
sons of
Meshelemiah were,
Zechariah the
firstborn, Jediael the
second, Zebadiah the
third, Jathniel the
fourth, 3 Elam the
fifth, Jehohanan the
sixth, Elioenai the
seventh. 4 Moreover the
sons of
Obededom were,
Shemaiah the
firstborn, Jehozabad the
second, Joah the
third, and
Sacar the
fourth, and
Nethaneel the
fifth, 5 Ammiel the
sixth, Issachar the
seventh, Peulthai the
eighth: for
God blessed him.
6 Also unto
Shemaiah his
son were
sons born, that
ruled throughout the
house of their
father: for they were mighty
men of
valour. 7 The
sons of
Shemaiah; Othni, and
Rephael, and
Obed, Elzabad, whose
brethren were
strong men, Elihu, and
Semachiah. 8 All these of the
sons of
Obededom: they and their
sons and their
brethren, able men for
strength for the
service, were
threescore and
two of
Obededom. 9 And
Meshelemiah had
sons and
brethren, strong men, eighteen.
10 Also
Hosah, of the
children of
Merari, had
sons; Simri the
chief, (for though he was not the
firstborn, yet his
father made him the chief;)
11 Hilkiah the
second, Tebaliah the
third, Zechariah the
fourth: all the
sons and
brethren of
Hosah were
thirteen.
12 Among these were the
divisions of the
porters, even among the
chief men, having
wards one
against another, to
minister in the
house of the
LORD. 13 And they
cast lots, as well the
small as the
great, according to the
house of their
fathers, for every
gate. 14 And the
lot eastward fell to
Shelemiah. Then for
Zechariah his
son, a
wise counsellor, they
cast lots; and his
lot came
out northward. 15 To
Obededom southward; and to his
sons the
house of
Asuppim. 16 To
Shuppim and
Hosah the lot came forth
westward, with the
gate Shallecheth, by the
causeway of the going
up,
ward against ward. 17 Eastward were
six Levites, northward four a
day, southward four a
day, and toward
Asuppim two and
two. 18 At
Parbar westward, four at the
causeway, and
two at
Parbar. 19 These are the
divisions of the
porters among the
sons of
Kore, and among the
sons of
Merari. 20 And of the
Levites, Ahijah was over the
treasures of the
house of
God, and over the
treasures of the dedicated
things. 21 As concerning the
sons of
Laadan; the
sons of the
Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of
Laadan the
Gershonite, were
Jehieli. 22 The
sons of
Jehieli; Zetham, and
Joel his
brother, which were over the
treasures of the
house of the
LORD. 23 Of the
Amramites, and the
Izharites, the
Hebronites, and the
Uzzielites: 24 And
Shebuel the
son of
Gershom, the
son of
Moses, was
ruler of the
treasures. 25 And his
brethren by
Eliezer; Rehabiah his
son, and
Jeshaiah his
son, and
Joram his
son, and
Zichri his
son, and
Shelomith his
son. 26 Which
Shelomith and his
brethren were over all the
treasures of the dedicated
things, which
David the
king, and the
chief fathers, the
captains over
thousands and
hundreds, and the
captains of the
host, had
dedicated.
27 Out of the
spoils won in
battles did they
dedicate to
maintain the
house of the
LORD. 28 And 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; and whosoever had
dedicated any thing, it was under the
hand of
Shelomith, and of his
brethren. 29 Of the
Izharites, Chenaniah and his
sons were for the
outward business over
Israel, for
officers and
judges.
30 And of the
Hebronites, Hashabiah and his
brethren, men of
valour, a
thousand and
seven hundred, were
officers among them of
Israel on this
side Jordan westward in all the
business of the
LORD, and in the
service of the
king. 31 Among the
Hebronites was
Jerijah the
chief, even among the
Hebronites, according to the
generations of his
fathers. In the
fortieth year of the
reign of
David they were
sought for, and there were
found among them mighty
men of
valour at
Jazer of
Gilead. 32 And his
brethren, men of
valour, were two
thousand and
seven hundred chief fathers, whom
king David made
rulers over the
Reubenites, the
Gadites, and the
half tribe of
Manasseh, for every
matter pertaining to
God, and
affairs of the
king.