Thematic Bible

1 Chronicles 26:1

As for the working groups of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, from the sons of Asaph.

1 Chronicles 26:2

And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

1 Chronicles 26:3

Elam the fifth, Jehohana the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.

1 Chronicles 26:4

And Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

1 Chronicles 26:5

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.

1 Chronicles 26:6

And to Shemaiah his son were sons born who [were] rulers in the house of their father, for they [were] mighty warriors of ability.

1 Chronicles 26:7

The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers [were] sons of ability, Elihu and Semakiah.

1 Chronicles 26:8

All these from the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons, and their brothers [were] men of ability with strength for service; sixty-two of Obed-Edom.

1 Chronicles 26:9

And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, sons of ability, eighteen.

1 Chronicles 26:10

And Hosah, from the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (though he was not firstborn, his father appointed him as chief),

1 Chronicles 26:11

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

1 Chronicles 26:12

These working groups of gatekeepers, corresponding to the chief men, had responsibilities like their brothers to serve in the house of Yahweh.
No Themes for this verse.

1 Chronicles 26:13

And they cast lots, small and great alike, by their fathers' houses, {for their gates}.

1 Chronicles 26:14

And the lot fell to the east to Shelemiah. As for Zechariah his son, {a wise counselor}, they cast lots. And his lot came out for the north.

1 Chronicles 26:15

To Obed-Edom [went out] the south, and to his sons, the storehouses.

1 Chronicles 26:16

For Shuppim and Hosah [it went out] for the west, at the gate of Shalleketh, on the road that goes up, guard for guard.

1 Chronicles 26:17

To the east, six Levites; to the north, four daily; to the south, four daily; and at the storerooms, two [by] two.

1 Chronicles 26:18

For the court to the west, four at the road, two at the court.

1 Chronicles 26:19

These [were] the working groups of the gatekeepers among the sons of the Korahites and among the sons of Merari.

1 Chronicles 26:20

And of the Levites: Ahijah [was] over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the sanctified objects.

1 Chronicles 26:21

The sons of Ladan: the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the {families} belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.

1 Chronicles 26:22

The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, [were] over the treasuries of the house of Yahweh.

1 Chronicles 26:23

Of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, [and] the Ozzielites:

1 Chronicles 26:24

Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, [was] commander over the treasuries.

1 Chronicles 26:25

And his brothers: from Eliezer [were] Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zikri his son, and Shelomoth his son.

1 Chronicles 26:26

That Shelomoth and his brothers [were] over all the treasuries of the sanctified objects that King David and the heads of the {families} to the commanders of thousands and hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated.

1 Chronicles 26:27

From the battles and from the spoil they had dedicated [these things] to strengthen the house of Yahweh.

1 Chronicles 26:28

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--all the dedicated gifts [were] under the hand of Shelomith and his brothers.

1 Chronicles 26:29

For the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons [were appointed] to the duties outside of Israel as officials and as judges.

1 Chronicles 26:30

For the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his brothers, one thousand seven hundred men of ability, [were] over the administration of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the work of Yahweh and for the service of the king.

1 Chronicles 26:31

For the Hebronites: Jeriah the chief of the Hebronites for the genealogy for the {families}. (In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were examined, and there was found among them mighty warriors of strength at Jazer in Gilead.)

1 Chronicles 26:32

And his brothers, sons of ability, [were] two thousand seven hundred heads of the {families}, and King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for every matter of God and matter of the king.