[26:1] As for the divisions of the gatekeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
[26:2] And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
[26:3] Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
[26:4] And Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
[26:5] Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, for God blessed him.
[26:6] Also to his son Shemaiah were sons born who were rulers in their fathers’ houses, for they were men of great ability.
[26:7] The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad, whose brothers were able men, Elihu and Semachiah.
[26:8] All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom with their sons and brothers, able men qualified for the service; sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
[26:9] And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, able men, eighteen.
[26:10] And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him chief),
[26:11] Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
[26:12] These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their chief men, had duties, just as their brothers did, ministering in the house of the Lord.
[26:13] And they cast lots by fathers’ houses, small and great alike, for their gates.
[26:14] The lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. They cast lots also for his son Zechariah, a shrewd counselor, and his lot came out for the north.
[26:15] Obed-edom’s came out for the south, and to his sons was allotted the gatehouse.
[26:16] For Shuppim and Hosah it came out for the west, at the gate of Shallecheth on the road that goes up. Watch corresponded to watch.
[26:17] On the east there were six each day, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the gatehouse.
[26:18] And for the colonnade on the west there were four at the road and two at the colonnade.
[26:19] These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari.