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1 Chronicles 26

   

Divisions of the Gatekeepers

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1 Chronicles 26:1   For the divisions of the gatekeepers there were of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
   
1 Chronicles 26:2   Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
   
1 Chronicles 26:3   Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
   
1 Chronicles 26:4   Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
   
1 Chronicles 26:5   Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh and Peullethai the eighth; God had indeed blessed him.
   
1 Chronicles 26:6   Also to his son Shemaiah sons were born who ruled over the house of their father, for they were mighty men of valor.
   
1 Chronicles 26:7   The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad, whose brothers, Elihu and Semachiah, were valiant men.
   
1 Chronicles 26:8   All these were of the sons of Obed-edom; they and their sons and their relatives were able men with strength for the service, 62 from Obed-edom.
   
1 Chronicles 26:9   Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, 18 valiant men.
   
1 Chronicles 26:10   Also Hosah, one of the sons of Merari had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father made him first),
   
1 Chronicles 26:11   Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and relatives of Hosah were 13.
   
1 Chronicles 26:12   To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief men, were given duties like their relatives to minister in the house of the LORD.
   
1 Chronicles 26:13   They cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers' households, for every gate.
   
1 Chronicles 26:14   The lot to the east fell to Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a counselor with insight, and his lot came out to the north.
   
1 Chronicles 26:15   For Obed-edom it fell to the south, and to his sons went the storehouse.
   
1 Chronicles 26:16   For Shuppim and Hosah it was to the west, by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway. Guard corresponded to guard.
   
1 Chronicles 26:17   On the east there were six Levites, on the north four daily, on the south four daily, and at the storehouse two by two.
   
1 Chronicles 26:18   At the Parbar on the west there were four at the highway and two at the Parbar.
   
1 Chronicles 26:19   These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari.
     
   

Keepers of the Treasure

 
1 Chronicles 26:20   The Levites, their relatives, had charge of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the dedicated gifts.
   
1 Chronicles 26:21   The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, namely, the Jehielites, were the heads of the fathers' households, belonging to Ladan the Gershonite.
   
1 Chronicles 26:22   The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, had charge of the treasures of the house of the LORD.
   
1 Chronicles 26:23   As for the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites and the Uzzielites,
   
1 Chronicles 26:24   Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was officer over the treasures.
   
1 Chronicles 26:25   His relatives by Eliezer were Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zichri his son and Shelomoth his son.
   
1 Chronicles 26:26   This Shelomoth and his relatives had charge of all the treasures of the dedicated gifts which King David and the heads of the fathers' households, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army, had dedicated.
   
1 Chronicles 26:27   They dedicated part of the spoil won in battles to repair the house of the LORD.
   
1 Chronicles 26:28   And all that Samuel the seer had dedicated and Saul the son of Kish, Abner the son of Ner and Joab the son of Zeruiah, everyone who had dedicated anything, all of this was in the care of Shelomoth and his relatives.
     
   

Outside Duties

 
1 Chronicles 26:29   As for the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were assigned to outside duties for Israel, as officers and judges.
   
1 Chronicles 26:30   As for the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel west of the Jordan, for all the work of the LORD and the service of the king.
   
1 Chronicles 26:31   As for the Hebronites, Jerijah the chief (these Hebronites were investigated according to their genealogies and fathers' households, in the fortieth year of David's reign, and men of outstanding capability were found among them at Jazer of Gilead)
   
1 Chronicles 26:32   and his relatives, capable men, were 2,700 in number, heads of fathers' households. And King David made them overseers of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites concerning all the affairs of God and of the king.
     
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