Lexham English Bible

1 Chronicles 26:5-15 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

5. Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.

6. And to Shemaiah his son were sons born who were rulers in the house of their father, for they were mighty warriors of ability.

7. The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brothers were sons of ability, Elihu and Semakiah.

8. All these from the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons, and their brothers were men of ability with strength for service; sixty-two of Obed-Edom.

9. And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, sons of ability, eighteen.

10. And Hosah, from the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (though he was not firstborn, his father appointed him as chief),

11. Hilkiah the second, Tabaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.

12. These working groups of gatekeepers, corresponding to the chief men, had responsibilities like their brothers to serve in the house of Yahweh.

13. And they cast lots, small and great alike, by their fathers’ houses, for their gates.

14. And the lot fell to the east to Shelemiah. As for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots. And his lot came out for the north.

15. To Obed-Edom went out the south, and to his sons, the storehouses.