1. These were the divisions of the gatekeepers:from the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
2. Meshelemiah had sons:Zechariah the firstborn,Jediael the second,Zebadiah the third,Jathniel the fourth,
3. Elam the fifth,Jehohanan the sixth,and Eliehoenai the seventh.
4. Obed-Edom had sons:Shemaiah the firstborn,Jehozabad the second,Joah the third,Sakar the fourth,Nethanel the fifth,
5. Ammiel the sixth,Issachar the seventh,and Peullethai the eighth(for God blessed him).
6. Also to his son Shemaiah sons were born who ruled their fathers’ houses, for they were men of great ability.
7. The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers were able men: namely Elihu and Semakiah.
8. All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom with their sons and their brothers, able men qualified for service, sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
9. Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, able men, eighteen in all.
10. Also Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father made him the first),
11. Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah, thirteen.
12. These divisions of the gatekeepers, for their chief men, had assignments to minister in the house of the Lord just as their brothers.
13. They cast lots, small and great alike, according to their fathers’ houses, gate by gate.