The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Chronicles 26
1 For the divisions of the doorkeepers:
of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of
Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
2 Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the
firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the
third, Jathniel the fourth,
3 Elam thefifth,Jehohanan the sixth, and
Eliehoenai the seventh.
4 Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the
firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the
third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh,
and Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed
him.
6 Sons were also born to Shemaiah his
son, who ruled over the house of their
father; for they were mighty men of valor.
7 The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael,
Obed, and Elzabad, whose relatives were
valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
8 All these were of the sons of ObedEdom with their sons and their brothers,
able men in strength for the service: sixtytwo of Obed-Edom.
9 Meshelemiah had sons and brothers,
eighteen valiant men.
10 Also Hosah, of the children of Merari,
had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he
was not the firstborn, yet his father made
him chief ),
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third,
and Zechariah the fourth. All the sons and
brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
12 Ofthese were the divisions ofthe doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having
offices like their brothers, to minister in
Yahweh’s house.
13 They cast lots, the small as well as the
great, according to their fathers’ houses,
for every gate.
14 The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah.
Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out
northward.
15 To Obed-Edom southward; and to his
sons the storehouse.
16 To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by
the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway
that goes up, watchman opposite watchman.
17 Eastward were six Levites, northward
four a day, southward four a day, and for
the storehouse two and two.
18 For Parbar westward, four at the
causeway, and two at Parbar.
19 These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and
of the sons of Merari.
20 Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the
treasures of God’s house and over the treasures of the dedicated things.
21 The sons of Ladan, the sons of the
Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads
of the fathers’ households belonging to
Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.
22 The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel
his brother, over the treasures of Yahweh’s
house.
23 Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of
the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites:
24 Shebuelthe son of Gershom, the son of
Moses, was ruler over the treasuries.
25 His brothers: of Eliezer, Rehabiah his
son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his
son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.
26 This Shelomoth and his brothers were
over all the treasuries of the dedicated
things, which David the king, and the
heads of the fathers’ households, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and
the captains of the army, had dedicated.
27 They dedicated some of the plunder
won in battles to repair Yahweh’s house.
28 All that Samuel the seer, Saul the son
of Kish, Abner the son of Ner, and Joab
the son of Zeruiah had dedicated, whoever
had dedicated anything, it was under the
hand of Shelomoth and of his brothers.
29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his
sons were appointed to the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
30 Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his
brothers, one thousand seven hundred
men of valor, had the oversight of Israel
beyond the Jordan westward, for all the
business of Yahweh and for the service of
the king.
31 Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was the
chief of the Hebronites, according to their
generations by fathers’ households. They
were sought for in the fortieth year of the
reign of David, and mighty men of valor
were found among them at Jazer of Gilead.
32 His relatives, men of valor, were two
thousand seven hundred, heads offathers’
households, whom King David made overseers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and
the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every
matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.