1 Chronicles 26

¹And the divisions of the porters: of the Corites Meselemia, the son of Core, of the sons of Asaph.

²The sons of Meselemia: Zacharias the firstborn, Jadihel the second, Zabadias the third, Jathanael the fourth,

³Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.

⁴And the sons of Obededom, Semeias the firstborn, Jozabad the second, Joaha the third, Sachar the fourth, Nathanael the fifth,

⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Phollathi the eighth: for the Lord had blessed him.

⁶And to Semei his son were born sons, herds of their families: for they were men of great valour.

⁷The sons then of Semeias were Othni, and Raphael, and Obed, Elizabad, and his brethren most valiant men: and Eliu, and Samachias.

⁸All these of the sons of Obededom: they, and their sons, and their brethren most able men for service, sixty-two of Obededom.

⁹And the sons of Meselemia, and their brethren strong men, were eighteen.

¹⁰And of Hosa, that is, of the sons of Merari: Semri the chief, (for he had not a firstborn, and therefore his father made him chief.)

¹¹Helcias the second, Tabelias the third, Zacharias the fourth: all these the sons, and the brethren of Hosa, were thirteen.

¹²Among these were the divisions of the porters, so that the chiefs of the wards, as well as their brethren, always ministered in the house of the Lord.

And they cast lots equally, both little and great, by their families for every one of the gates.