6. Obed-edom’s son Shemaiah had sons with great ability who earned positions of great authority in the clan.
7. Their names were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Their relatives, Elihu and Semakiah, were also very capable men.
8. All of these descendants of Obed-edom, including their sons and grandsons—sixty-two of them in all—were very capable men, well qualified for their work.
9. Meshelemiah’s eighteen sons and relatives were also very capable men.
10. Hosah, of the Merari clan, appointed Shimri as the leader among his sons, though he was not the oldest.