1-Chronicles 26:1

For the divisions of the door-keepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, of the sons of Ebiasaph.

1-Chronicles 26:2

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

1-Chronicles 26:3

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

1-Chronicles 26:4

And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the oldest, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,

1-Chronicles 26:5

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for the blessing of God was on him.

1-Chronicles 26:6

And Shemaiah his son had sons, rulers over the family of their father, for they were able men.

1-Chronicles 26:7

The sons of Shemaiah: Othni and Rephael and Obed, Elzabad, whose brothers were great men of war, Elihu and Semachiah.



1-Chronicles 26:8

All these were sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brothers, able men and strong for the work; sixty-two sons of Obed-edom.

1-Chronicles 26:9

Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, eighteen able men.

1-Chronicles 26:10

And Hosah, a son of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the oldest, his father made him chief);

1-Chronicles 26:11

Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: Hosah had thirteen sons and brothers.

1-Chronicles 26:12

Of these were the divisions of the door-keepers, men of authority, having responsible positions like their brothers to be servants in the house of the Lord.

1-Chronicles 26:13

And the families were taken by the decision of the Lord for every door; the small family had the same chance as the great.

1-Chronicles 26:14

And the care of the door on the east came out for Shelemiah. Then the name of Zechariah his son, a man wise in discussion, came out, and the door on the north was given to him.



1-Chronicles 26:15

To Obed-edom, that on the south; and to his sons, the store-house.

1-Chronicles 26:16

To Hosah, the door on the west, by the door of Shallecheth, at the footway which goes up, watch by watch.

1-Chronicles 26:17

On the east were six Levites a day, and on the north and the south four a day, and for the store-house two and two.

1-Chronicles 26:18

For the pillared way, on the west, four at the footway and two at the pillared way itself.

1-Chronicles 26:19

These were the divisions of door-keepers, of the sons of the Korahites and of the sons of Merari.

1-Chronicles 26:20

And the Levites their brothers were responsible for the stores of the house of God and the holy things.

1-Chronicles 26:21

The sons of Ladan: sons of the Gershonites of the family of Ladan, heads of families of Ladan the Gershonite, Jehieli.



1-Chronicles 26:22

The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel, his brother, had the care of the stores of the house of the Lord.

1-Chronicles 26:23

Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites:

1-Chronicles 26:24

And Shebuel, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was controller of the stores.

1-Chronicles 26:25

And his brothers: of Eliezer, Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.

1-Chronicles 26:26

Shelomoth and his brothers were responsible for all the store of holy things which David the king and the heads of families, the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and the captains of the army, had given to the Lord.

1-Chronicles 26:27

From the goods taken in war, they gave, as a holy offering, materials for the building of the house of the Lord.

1-Chronicles 26:28

And everything Samuel the prophet and Saul, the son of Kish, and Abner, the son of Ner, and Joab, the son of Zeruiah, had made holy; whatever anyone had given, it was under the care of Shelomoth and his brothers.



1-Chronicles 26:29

Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons had to do all the public business of Israel, in relation to judges and men in authority.

1-Chronicles 26:30

Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, seventeen hundred able men, were overseers of Israel on the other side of the Jordan, to the west, being responsible for all the work of the Lord's house and for the work done by the king's servants.

1-Chronicles 26:31

Of the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of all the Hebronites, in their generations by families. In the fortieth year of the rule of David a search was made, and able men were seen among them at Jazer of Gilead.

1-Chronicles 26:32

And his brothers were two thousand, seven hundred able men, heads of families, whom King David made overseers over the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in everything to do with God, and for the king's business.


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