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¹The divisions of the descendants of Aaron were as follows: Aaron’s sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

²But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and they had no sons, so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

³Together with Zadok from the descendants of Eleazar and Ahimelech from the descendants of Ithamar, David divided them according to the assigned duties of their service.

⁴Since more leaders were found among Eleazar’s descendants than Ithamar’s, they were divided accordingly: sixteen heads of ancestral families were from Eleazar’s descendants, and eight heads of ancestral families were from Ithamar’s.

⁵They were assigned by lot, for there were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God among both Eleazar’s and Ithamar’s descendants.

⁶The secretary, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the officers, the priest Zadok, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites. One ancestral family was taken for Eleazar, and then one for Ithamar.

⁷The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

⁸the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

⁹the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,

¹⁰the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

¹¹the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,

¹²the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

¹³the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,

¹⁴the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

¹⁵the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez,

¹⁶the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel,

¹⁷the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,

¹⁸the twenty-third to Delaiah, and the twenty-fourth to Maaziah.

¹⁹These had their assigned duties for service when they entered the LORD’s temple, according to their regulations, which they received from their ancestor Aaron, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.

²⁰As for the rest of Levi’s sons: from Amram’s sons: Shubael; from Shubael’s sons: Jehdeiah.

²¹From Rehabiah: from Rehabiah’s sons: Isshiah was the first.

²²From the Izharites: Shelomoth; from Shelomoth’s sons: Jahath.

²³Hebron’s sons: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth.

²⁴From Uzziel’s sons: Micah; from Micah’s sons: Shamir.

²⁵Micah’s brother: Isshiah; from Isshiah’s sons: Zechariah.

²⁶Merari’s sons: Mahli and Mushi, and from his sons, Jaaziah his son.

²⁷Merari’s sons, by his son Jaaziah: Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri.

²⁸From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons.

²⁹From Kish, from Kish’s sons: Jerahmeel.

³⁰Mushi’s sons: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. Those were the descendants of the Levites according to their ancestral families.

³¹They also cast lots the same way as their relatives the descendants of Aaron did in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites — the family heads and their younger brothers alike.

¹David and the officers of the army also set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. This is the list of the men who performed their service:

²From Asaph’s sons: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, sons of Asaph, under Asaph’s authority, who prophesied under the authority of the king.

³From Jeduthun: Jeduthun’s sons: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah — six — under the authority of their father Jeduthun, prophesying to the accompaniment of lyres, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.

⁴From Heman: Heman’s sons: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

⁵All these sons of Heman, the king’s seer, were given by the promises of God to exalt him, for God had given Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

⁶All these men were under their own fathers’ authority for the music in the LORD’s temple, with cymbals, harps, and lyres for the service of God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king’s authority.

⁷They numbered 288 together with their relatives who were all trained and skillful in music for the LORD.

⁸They cast lots for their duties, young and old alike, teacher as well as pupil.

⁹The first lot for Asaph fell to Joseph, his sons, and his relatives — — 12 to Gedaliah the second: him, his relatives, and his sons — — 12

¹⁰the third to Zaccur, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

¹²the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

¹³the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

¹⁴the seventh to Jesarelah, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

¹⁵the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

¹⁶the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

¹⁷the tenth to Shimei, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

¹⁸the eleventh to Azarel, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

¹⁹the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

²⁰the thirteenth to Shubael, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

²¹the fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

²²the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

²³the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

²⁴the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

²⁵the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

²⁶the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

²⁷the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

²⁸the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

²⁹the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

³⁰the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons, and his relatives — — 12

³¹and the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons, and his relatives — — 12.

¹The following were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

²Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

³Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.

⁴Obed-edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

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

⁶Also, to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled their ancestral families because they were strong, capable men.

⁷Shemaiah’s sons: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his relatives Elihu and Semachiah were also capable men.

⁸All of these were among the sons of Obed-edom with their sons and relatives; they were capable men with strength for the work — sixty-two from Obed-edom.

⁹Meshelemiah also had sons and relatives who were capable men — eighteen.

¹⁰Hosah, from the Merarites, also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),

¹¹Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and relatives of Hosah were thirteen in all.

¹²These divisions of the gatekeepers, under their leading men, had duties for ministering in the LORD’s temple, just as their relatives did.

¹³They cast lots for each temple gate according to their ancestral families, young and old alike.

¹⁴The lot for the east gate fell to Shelemiah. They also cast lots for his son Zechariah, an insightful counselor, and his lot came out for the north gate.

¹⁵Obed-edom’s was the south gate, and his sons’ lot was for the storehouses;

¹⁶it was the west gate and the gate of Shallecheth on the ascending highway for Shuppim and Hosah. There were guards stationed at every watch.

¹⁷There were six Levites each day on the east, four each day on the north, four each day on the south, and two pair at the storehouses.

¹⁸As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court.

¹⁹Those were the divisions of the gatekeepers from the descendants of the Korahites and Merarites.

²⁰From the Levites, Ahijah was in charge of the treasuries of God’s temple and the treasuries of what had been dedicated.

²¹From the sons of Ladan, who were the descendants of the Gershonites through Ladan and were the family heads belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli.

²²The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel, were in charge of the treasuries of the LORD’s temple.

²³From the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:

²⁴Shebuel, a descendant of Moses’s son Gershom, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.

²⁵His relatives through Eliezer: his son Rehabiah, his son Jeshaiah, his son Joram, his son Zichri, and his son Shelomith.

²⁶This Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries of what had been dedicated by King David, by the family heads who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.

²⁷They dedicated part of the plunder from their battles for the repair of the LORD’s temple.

²⁸All that the seer Samuel, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah had dedicated, along with everything else that had been dedicated, were in the care of Shelomith and his relatives.

²⁹From the Izrahites: Chenaniah and his sons had duties outside the temple as officers and judges over Israel.

³⁰From the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had assigned duties in Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king.

³¹From the Hebronites: Jerijah was the head of the Hebronites, according to the family records of his ancestors. A search was made in the fortieth year of David’s reign and strong, capable men were found among them at Jazer in Gilead.

³²There were among Jerijah’s relatives 2,700 capable men who were family heads. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh as overseers in every matter relating to God and the king.