5. Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth. God truly blessed him.
6. To his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their household, because they were valiant men.
7. Shemaiah’s family: Othni, Rephael, Obed, Elzabad, and his relatives, Elihu and Semachiah, who were valiant men.
8. All these were members of Obed-edom’s family, they, their sons, and their relatives. They were valiant and strong in their service, 62 men belonging to Obed-edom.
9. Meshelemiah’s family and relatives, valiant men, numbered 18.
10. Hosah, one of Merari’s family, also had a family: Shimri the first (though he wasn’t the oldest, his father gave him that status),
11. Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. All of Hosah’s family and relatives numbered 13.
12. These were the divisions of the gatekeepers with their leaders, who were responsible to minister in the Lord’s temple, along with their relatives.