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.
14. The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, and his lot came out for the North Gate;
15. to Obed-Edom the South Gate, and to his sons was allotted the storehouse.
16. For Shuppim and Hosah the lot came out for the West Gate, at the Shalleketh Gate on the ascending road, guard corresponding to guard.
17. On the east there were six Levites each day, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, as well as two and two at the storehouse.
18. For the colonnade on the west, there were four at the highway, and two at the colonnade.
19. These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari.