CHAPTER 26

¹For the orders of the gatekeepers, for the Korahites, Meshelemiah son of Kore of the sons of Asaph. ²And Meshelemiah had sons, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, ³Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. ⁴And Obed-Edom had sons, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth and Nethaneel the fifth, ⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth, for God had blessed him. ⁶And to Shemaiah his son were born sons in authority over their patriarchal houses, for they were substantial men. ⁷The sons of Shemaiah were Othni and Rephael and Obed and Elzabad—his brothers were substantial men, Elihu and Semachiah. ⁸All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons and their brothers, substantial men and able for the service—sixty-two did Obed-Edom have. ⁹And Meshelemiah had sons or brothers, substantial men, eighteen, ¹⁰And Hosah of the sons of Merari had sons, Shimri the head, though he was not the firstborn, his father made him head. ¹¹Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen. ¹²These orders of the gate-keepers, according to the chief men, were in watches matching their kin to minister in the house of the LORD. ¹³And they cast lots, the least and the greatest alike, according to their patriarchal houses, for each gate. ¹⁴And the lot on the east fell to Meshelemiah, and for Zechariah his son, a discerning councillor, they cast lots, and the lot fell out to the north. ¹⁵For Obed-Edom, to the south, and for his sons, the storehouse. ¹⁶For Shuppim and for Hosah, to the west were the Shallecheth Gate on the road going up, one watch corresponding to the other. ¹⁷On the east, six Levites, on the north four each day, four on the south each day, four at the storehouse, two and two. ¹⁸At the colonnade on the east, four, two on the road and two at the colonnade. ¹⁹These are the order of the gatekeepers for the sons of Korah and the sons of Merari. ²⁰And the Levites: Ahijah over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the consecrated gifts; ²¹the sons of Laadan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Laadan, Jehieli; ²²the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother over the treasuries of the house of the LORD; ²³of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites: ²⁴Shebuel son of Gershom son of Moses supervisor over the treasuries, ²⁵and his brothers: Eliezer, Rehabiah his son and Jeshaiah his son and Joram his son and Zichri his son and Shelomith his son, ²⁶he is Shelomith with his brothers over the consecrated gifts that King David consecrated with the heads of the patriarchal houses, the officers of the thousands and the hundreds and the army officers. ²⁷From the battles and from the booty they consecrated to maintain the house of the LORD. ²⁸And all that Samuel the seer and Saul son of Kish and Abner son of Ner and Joab son of Zeruiah had consecrated, all that was consecrated was under Shelomith and his brothers. ²⁹Of the Izharites: Chenaniah and his sons were over Israel for the external tasks, for the overseers and the judges. ³⁰Of the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his sons, substantial men, one thousand seven hundred, over the matters of Israel west of the Jordan for all the tasks of the LORD and for the king’s service. ³¹Of the Hebronites: Jerijah chief of the Hebronites, they were searched out in the fortieth year of David’s reign through their generations in patriarchal houses, and there were found among them substantial men in Jazer-Gilead. ³²And his kin, two thousand seven hundred substantial men, heads of the patriarchal houses, and King David appointed them over the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manassites for all affairs of God and affairs of the king.