1 Now the divisions of the porters were, from the Korahites: Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2 The sons of Meshelemiah: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. 4 Then the sons of Obededom: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth. For the Lord had blessed him. 6 Now to his son Shemaiah, there were born sons, rulers of their families. For they were very strong men. 7 Then the sons of Shemaiah were Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad and his brothers, very strong men, as well as Elihu and Semachiah. 8 All these were from the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and brothers, very fit for the ministry, sixty-two from Obededom. 9 Then there were the sons of Meshelemiah and their brothers, very robust men, eighteen. 10 Now, from Hosah, that is, from the sons of Merari: Shimri the leader, for he had not had a firstborn son, and so, because of this, his father had appointed him as the leader, 11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth. All these, the sons and brothers of Hosah, were thirteen. 12 These were distributed as porters, so that the leaders of the posts, as well as their brothers, were ministering continually in the house of the Lord. 13 Then they cast lots equally, for both the small and the great, by their families, concerning each one of the gates. 14 And the lot of the east fell out to Shelemiah. But to his son Zechariah, a very prudent and learned man, the northern section was obtained by lot. 15 Truly, Obededom and his sons obtained that to the south, in the part of the house where the council of elders was. 16 Shuppim and Hosah obtained that toward the west, beside the gate that leads to the way of the ascent, one post facing the other. 17 Truly, toward the east there were six Levites, and toward the north there were four per day, and then toward the south similarly there were four each day. And where the council was, there were two and two. 18 Also, in the cells of the porters toward the west, there were four along the way, and two at every cell. 19 These are the divisions of the porters of the sons of Kohath and of Merari. 20 Now Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God, and the holy vessels. 21 The sons of Ladan, sons of Gershon: from Ladan, leaders of the families of Ladan and of Gershon: Jehieli. 22 The sons of Jehieli: Zetham and Joel; his brothers were over the treasuries of the house of the Lord, 23 with the Amramites, and Izharites, and Hebronites, and Uzzielites. 24 Now, Shebuel, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was in the first place over the treasuries, 25 along with his brothers, Eliezer, and his son Rehabiah, and his son Jeshaiah, and his son Joram, and also his son Zichri, and his son Shelomoth. 26 The same Shelomoth and his brothers were over the treasuries of the holy things, which king David sanctified, with the leaders of the families, and the tribunes, and the centurions, and the commanders of the army. 27 These things were from the wars and from the best spoils of the battles, which they had consecrated for the repair and the furnishing of the temple of the Lord. 28 Now all these things were sanctified by Samuel, the seer, and by Saul, the son of Kish, and by Abner, the son of Ner, and by Joab, the son of Zeruiah. All those who had sanctified these were under the hand of Shelomoth and his brothers. 29 Yet truly, Chenaniah and his sons were over the Izharites, for the exterior works concerning Israel, in order to teach and to judge them. 30 Now from the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, one thousand seven hundred very strong men, were in charge of Israel across the Jordan toward the west, in all the works of the Lord, and in the ministry of the king. 31 And the leader of the Hebronites was Jerijah, according to their families and kindred. In the fortieth year of the reign of David, they were numbered, and there were found very strong men in Jazer Gilead. 32 And his brothers of a mature age were two thousand seven hundred leaders of families. Then king David placed them in charge of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the one half tribe of Manasseh, in all of the ministries of God and of the king.
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Notes on this text (3)
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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People & places in this chapter
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People
Ammiel
Chenaniah
Of the Izrahites; he and his sons had the outside duties as officers and judges over Israel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:29
Elam
Eliehoenai
Seventh son of Meshelemiah the gatekeeper.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:3
Elihu
Named with Semachiah as a capable kinsman among the descendants of Obed-edom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:7
Elzabad
Capable man and son of Shemaiah son of Obed-edom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:7
Hashabiah
Of the Hebronites; he and 1,700 capable relatives had charge of the affairs of Israel west of the Jordan for the LORD and the king.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:30
Hilkiah
Second of the sons of Hosah the Merarite gatekeeper.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:11
Hosah
Merarite appointed a gatekeeper; his lot was the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate, and he had thirteen sons and brothers.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 16:38; 1 Chronicles 26:10; 1 Chronicles 26:16
Issachar
Jathniel
Fourth son of Meshelemiah the gatekeeper.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:2
Jediael
Second son of Meshelemiah the gatekeeper.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:2
Jehiel
Firstborn son of Ladan the Gershonite; descendants of Ladan through Jehieli were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD, and Jehiel the Gershonite oversaw the…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:21; 1 Chronicles 29:8
Jehohanan
Jehozabad
Second son of Obed-edom the gatekeeper, whom God had blessed.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:4
Jeriah
First of the sons of Hebron; Jerijah was chief of the Hebronites, and in David's fortieth year 2,700 capable men of his relatives were found at Jazer in Gilead and appointed over…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 24:23; 1 Chronicles 26:31
Jeshaiah
Son of Rehabiah and father of Joram in the line of Eliezer's descendants.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:25
Joah
Joel
Son of Ladan the Gershonite; he and his brother Zetham were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:22
Joram
Son of Jeshaiah and father of Zichri in the line of Eliezer's descendants.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:25
Kore
Kore is named as the son of Ebiasaph in the ancestry of the gatekeeper Shallum (1 Chronicles 9:19). 1 Chronicles 26:1 names Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:19; 1 Chronicles 26:1
Ladan
Son of Gershon; his sons were Jehiel, Zetham and Joel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:7; 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:21
Meshelemiah
Named as the father of the gatekeeper Zechariah; the text gives no father for him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:21; 1 Chronicles 26:1; 1 Chronicles 26:2
Nethanel
Obed
Capable man and son of Shemaiah son of Obed-edom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:7
Othni
Capable man and son of Shemaiah son of Obed-edom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:7
Peullethai
Rehabiah
First descendant of Eliezer son of Moses; Eliezer had no other sons but Rehabiah's sons were very numerous.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:17; 1 Chronicles 24:21; 1 Chronicles 26:25
Rephael
Capable man and son of Shemaiah son of Obed-edom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:7
Sachar
Semachiah
Named with Elihu as a capable kinsman among the descendants of Obed-edom.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:7
Shebuel
Descendant of Gershom son of Moses and the first among his descendants; he was the officer in charge of the treasuries (24:20 calls a Shubael a son of Amram whose son was…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:16; 1 Chronicles 24:20; 1 Chronicles 26:24
Shemaiah
Firstborn son of Obed-edom, whose own sons ruled their families because they were strong, capable men.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:4; 1 Chronicles 26:6; 1 Chronicles 26:7
Shimri
Son of Hosah the Merarite; his father appointed him first although he was not the firstborn.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:10
Shuppim
The lot for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate fell to Shuppim and Hosah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:16
Tebaliah
Third of the sons of Hosah the Merarite gatekeeper.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:11
Zebadiah
Zechariah
Fourth of the sons of Hosah the Merarite gatekeeper.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:11
Zechariah
Son of Meshelemiah, the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:21; 1 Chronicles 26:2; 1 Chronicles 26:14
Zetham
Son of Ladan the Gershonite; he and his brother Joel were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD (26:22 calls them sons of Jehieli).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:22
Zichri
Son of Joram and father of Shelomith in the line of Eliezer's descendants.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 26:25
Cross references (28)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 9:17–27; Psalm 49:1; 1 Chronicles 15:23–24; Psalm 44:1
- 2 1 Chronicles 9:21
- 4 1 Chronicles 16:38; 1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 15:24; 1 Chronicles 15:21; 1 Chronicles 16:5
- 5 Psalm 128:1
- 6 Judges 6:12; Nehemiah 11:14; 1 Chronicles 26:8; 1 Chronicles 12:28; 2 Timothy 2:3
- 8 2 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Peter 4:11; Matthew 25:15; 1 Corinthians 12:4–11
- 9 1 Chronicles 26:14; 1 Chronicles 26:1
- 10 1 Chronicles 16:38; 1 Chronicles 5:1–2
- 12 1 Chronicles 25:8
- 13 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Chronicles 25:8; 1 Chronicles 24:5
- 15 2 Chronicles 25:24; 1 Chronicles 26:17
- 16 1 Kings 10:5; 2 Chronicles 9:4; 1 Chronicles 26:10–12; 1 Chronicles 25:8; Nehemiah 12:24
- 17 1 Chronicles 9:24; 2 Chronicles 8:14
- 18 2 Kings 23:11
- 19 Numbers 16:11
- 20 1 Chronicles 26:22; 1 Kings 15:18; 2 Chronicles 31:11–12; 1 Chronicles 22:3–4; 1 Chronicles 22:14–16
- 21 1 Chronicles 23:7; 1 Chronicles 6:17; 1 Chronicles 29:8
- 22 1 Chronicles 23:8; 1 Chronicles 26:20; Nehemiah 10:38; 1 Chronicles 29:8
- 23 Numbers 3:27; 1 Chronicles 23:12; Numbers 3:19
- 24 1 Chronicles 24:20; 1 Chronicles 23:15–16
- 25 1 Chronicles 23:17–18; 1 Chronicles 23:15; Exodus 18:4
- 26 2 Samuel 8:11; Numbers 31:30–52; 1 Chronicles 29:2–9; 1 Chronicles 18:11; 1 Chronicles 22:14
- 27 Nehemiah 10:32–34; 2 Kings 12:14; Joshua 6:19
- 28 1 Samuel 9:9; 1 Samuel 17:55; 1 Samuel 14:47–51; 2 Samuel 10:9–14
- 29 1 Chronicles 23:4; Nehemiah 11:16; 2 Chronicles 19:8–11; 1 Chronicles 23:12; 2 Chronicles 34:13
- 30 1 Chronicles 27:17; 1 Chronicles 23:19; 1 Chronicles 23:12
- 31 1 Chronicles 23:19; Joshua 21:39; 1 Chronicles 29:27; 1 Chronicles 6:81; 1 Kings 2:11
- 32 2 Chronicles 19:11; 1 Chronicles 24:31; 1 Chronicles 12:37; 1 Chronicles 23:24; 1 Chronicles 15:12
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