4. Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
5. Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth, (for God had blessed him).
6. To his son Shemaiah were born sons who were leaders of their clans, for they were men of great ability.
7. The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad. His brothers Elihu and Semachiah were also valiant men.
8. All these were descendants of Obed-edom. They and their sons and their kinsmen were capable men with the strength to do the work—62 of Obed-edom.
9. Meshelemiah had sons and brothers—18 able men.
10. Also Hosah, a descendant of Merari, had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father made him the first),
11. Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. All the sons and brothers of Hosah were 13.
12. These divisions of the gatekeepers by their chief men had duties corresponding to their kinsmen for avodah in the House of Adonai.
13. So they cast lots, small and great alike, by clans for each gate.
14. The lot for the east gate fell to Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for Zechariah his son, an insightful counselor, and his lot came out for the north gate.
15. To Obed-edom the south gate and to his sons the storehouse.
16. To Shuppim and Hosah the east gate by the Shallecheth gate on the ascending highway. Guard corresponded to guard.