3. Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh.
4. Then the sons of Obededom: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
5. Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth. For the Lord had blessed him.
6. Now to his son Shemaiah, there were born sons, rulers of their families. For they were very strong men.
7. Then the sons of Shemaiah were Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad and his brothers, very strong men, as well as Elihu and Semachiah.
8. All these were from the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and brothers, very fit for the ministry, sixty-two from Obededom.
9. Then there were the sons of Meshelemiah and their brothers, very robust men, eighteen.
10. Now, from Hosah, that is, from the sons of Merari: Shimri the leader, for he had not had a firstborn son, and so, because of this, his father had appointed him as the leader,
11. Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth. All these, the sons and brothers of Hosah, were thirteen.
12. These were distributed as porters, so that the leaders of the posts, as well as their brothers, were ministering continually in the house of the Lord.
13. Then they cast lots equally, for both the small and the great, by their families, concerning each one of the gates.
14. And the lot of the east fell out to Shelemiah. But to his son Zechariah, a very prudent and learned man, the northern section was obtained by lot.
15. Truly, Obededom and his sons obtained that to the south, in the part of the house where the council of elders was.
16. Shuppim and Hosah obtained that toward the west, beside the gate that leads to the way of the ascent, one post facing the other.
17. Truly, toward the east there were six Levites, and toward the north there were four per day, and then toward the south similarly there were four each day. And where the council was, there were two and two.
18. Also, in the cells of the porters toward the west, there were four along the way, and two at every cell.
19. These are the divisions of the porters of the sons of Kohath and of Merari.
20. Now Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and the holy vessels.
21. The sons of Ladan, sons of Gershon: from Ladan, leaders of the families of Ladan and of Gershon: Jehieli.