1. For the divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Qorḥites, Meshelemyahu son of Qorĕ, of the sons of Asaph.
2. And the sons of Meshelemyahu: Zeḵaryahu the first-born, Yeḏiya’ĕl the second, Zeḇaḏyahu the third, Yathni’ĕl the fourth,
3. Ěylam the fifth, Yehoḥanan the sixth, Elyo‛ĕynai the seventh.
4. And the sons of Oḇĕḏ-Eḏom: Shemayah the first-born, Yehozaḇaḏ the second, Yo’aḥ the third, Saḵar the fourth, Nethanĕ’l the fifth,
5. Ammi’ĕl the sixth, Yissasḵar the seventh, Pe‛ullethai the eighth, for Elohim blessed him.
6. Also to Shemayah his son were sons born who ruled their fathers’ houses, because they were able mighty men.
7. The sons of Shemayah: Othni, and Repha’ĕl, and Oḇĕḏ, Elzaḇaḏ, whose brothers Elihu and Semaḵyahu were able men.
8. All these were of the sons of Oḇĕḏ-Eḏom, they and their sons and their brothers, able men with strength for the work: sixty-two of Oḇĕḏ-Eḏom.
9. And Meshelemyahu had sons and brothers, eighteen able men.
10. Also Ḥosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the head (although he was not the first-born, his father made him the head),
11. Ḥilqiyahu the second, Teḇalyahu the third, Zeḵaryahu the fourth. All the sons and brothers of Ḥosah were thirteen.
12. These divisions of the gatekeepers, among the chief men, had duties like their brothers, to serve in the House of יהוה.
13. And they cast lots for each gate, the small as well as the great, according to their father’s house.
14. And the lot to the east fell to Shelemyahu. Then they cast lots for his son Zeḵaryahu, a wise counsellor, and his lot came out to the north;
15. to Oḇĕḏ-Eḏom to the south, and to his sons the storehouse;