26. The sons of Merari were Mahli, Mushi, and the sons of his son Uzziah.
27. The sons of Merari through his son Uzziah: Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.
28. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar, who had no sons,
29. and Jerahmeel, of the sons of Kish.
30. The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth.These were the sons of the Levites according to their ancestral houses.
31. They too, in the same manner as their kinsmen, the sons of Aaron, cast lots in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the priestly and levitical families; the more important family did so in the same way as the less important one.