1. The divisions of the gatekeepers:from the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
2. Meshelemiah had sons:Zechariah the firstborn,Jediael the second,Zebadiah the third,Jathniel the fourth,
3. Elam the fifth,Jehohanan the sixthand Eliehoenai the seventh.
4. Obed-Edom also had sons:Shemaiah the firstborn,Jehozabad the second,Joah the third,Sakar the fourth,Nethanel the fifth,
5. Ammiel the sixth,Issachar the seventhand Peullethai the eighth.(For God had blessed Obed-Edom.)
6. Obed-Edom’s son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders in their father’s family because they were very capable men.
7. The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad; his relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also able men.
8. All these were descendants of Obed-Edom; they and their sons and their relatives were capable men with the strength to do the work – descendants of Obed-Edom, 62 in all.
9. Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, who were able men – 18 in all.
10. Hosah the Merarite had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him the first),