1 Chronicles 26:1-19 - The Divisions Of The Gatekeepers

¹ The guild of trustees included, from the descendants of Korah, Kore's son Meshelemiah from Asaph's descendants; ² Meshelemiah's sons Zechariah, his firstborn, Jediael his second, Zebadiah his third, Jathniel his fourth, ³ Elam his fifth, Jehohanan his sixth, and Eliehoenai his seventh; ⁴ Obed-edom's sons Shemaiah, his firstborn, Jehozabad his second, Joah his third, Sachar his fourth, Nethanel his fifth, ⁵ Ammiel his sixth, Issachar his seventh, and Peullethai his eighth, since God had blessed him. ⁶ Furthermore, his son Shemaiah had sons born to him who wielded authority in their ancestral households, since they were mighty men of valor. ⁷ These sons of Shemaiah included Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers were valiant, able men, Elihu and Semachiah. ⁸ All of these sons of Obed-edom, along with their sons and brothers, were valiant men, fully qualified for duty 62 descendants of Obed-edom. ⁹ Meshelemiah had 18 sons and brothers who were valiant men. ¹⁰ Hosah, one of Merari's sons, had these sons: Shimri their chief (though not the firstborn, his father had appointed him chief), ¹¹ Hilkiah his second, Tebaliah his third, and Zechariah his fourth, with a total of 13 sons and brothers of Hosah.

¹² With respect to their leaders, these courses of trustees had responsibilities, along with their relatives, regarding ministry within the Temple of the LORD ¹³ assigned by lottery according to their ancestral households, whether large or small alike, for their gate assignments.

¹⁴ The lot for the eastern gate fell to Shelemiah. They also cast lots for his son Zechariah, who was a wise counselor, and his lot indicated the northern gate. ¹⁵ Obed-edom's lot indicated the south gate, and his sons were also allotted responsibility for the storehouse. ¹⁶ For Shuppim and Hosah the lot indicated the west at the gate of Shallecheth on the ascending road.

¹⁷ Each guard corresponding to each guard, on the east six descendants of Levi were assigned for each day, on the north four for each day, on the south four for each day (as well as two pairs of guards assigned to the storehouse), ¹⁸ and for the colonnade on the west four were assigned at the road and two at the colonnade. ¹⁹ These were the ranks of trustees assigned among the descendants of Korah and the sons of Merari.