2. Meshelemiah’s sons: Zechariah, the firstborn, Jediael, the second son, Zebadiah, the third, Jathniel, the fourth,
3. Elam, the fifth, Jehohanan, the sixth, Eliehoenai, the seventh.
4. Obed-edom’s sons: Shemaiah, the firstborn, Jehozabad, a second son, Joah, the third, Sachar, the fourth, Nethanel, the fifth,
5. Ammiel, the sixth, Issachar, the seventh, Peullethai, the eighth, for God blessed him.
6. To his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their family, for they were warriors.
7. The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; also his kinsmen who were men of substance, Elihu and Semachiah.
8. All these were the sons of Obed-edom, who, together with their sons and their kinsmen, were men of substance, fit for the service. Of Obed-edom, sixty-two.
9. Of Meshelemiah, eighteen sons and kinsmen, men of substance.
10. Hosah, a descendant of Merari, had these sons: Shimri, the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him chief),
11. Hilkiah, the second son, Tebaliah, the third, Zechariah, the fourth. All the sons and kinsmen of Hosah were thirteen.
12. To these divisions of the gatekeepers, by their chief men, were assigned watches for them to minister in the house of the Lord, for each group in the same way.
13. They cast lots for each gate, small and large families alike.
14. When the lot was cast for the east side, it fell to Meshelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a prudent counselor, and the north side fell to his lot.
15. To Obed-edom fell the south side, and to his sons the storehouse.