UST 1 CHR Chapter 26

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26 This is a list of the groups of men who guarded the temple gates:

From Korah’s descendants, there was Meshelemiah son of Kore, who was one of Asaph’s descendants.

2 Meshelemiah had seven sons. His oldest son was Zechariah. His second son was Jediael. His third son was Zebadiah. His fourth son was Jathniel, 3 His fifth son was Elam. His sixth son was Jehohanan. His seventh son was Eliehoenai.

4 Another guard was Obed Edom. He had eight sons.

His oldest son was Shemaiah. His second son was Jehozabad. His third son was Joah. His fourth son was Sakar. His fifth son was Nethanel, 5 His sixth son was Ammiel. His seventh son was Issachar. His eighth son was Peullethai. Obed Edom had many sons because God blessed him.

6 Obed Edom’s son Shemaiah also had sons. They were capable men, and so they became leaders in their clan.

7 The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.

8 All of those descendants of Obed Edom and their sons and relatives were capable men and hard workers. Altogether there were 62 of them.

9 Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable men. There were 18 of them altogether.

10 Another guard was Hosah, a descendant of Merari. Hosah had four sons. Shimri was the leader of the sons. He was not the oldest, but Hosah appointed him to be the leader. 11 Hosah’s second son was Hilkiah. His third son was Tabaliah. His fourth son was Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.

12 Those are the men who led the groups of Levites who guarded the gates of the temple. They worked at the temple as their fellow Levites did. 13 The Israelite leaders cast lots to determine which family group would guard each gate. Men who were more important did not receive favorable treatment compared with men who were less important. 14 The lot for Shelemiah’s group indicated they would guard the east gate. The lot for Shelemiah’s son Zechariah, who was a wise counselor, indicated that his group would guard the north gate.

15 The lot for Obed Edom’s group indicated they would guard the south gate. The lot for Obed Edom’s sons indicated they would guard the entrances to the temple storerooms.

16 The lots for Shuppim’s group and Hosah’s group indicated they would guard the west gate and the Shalleketh Gate on the road that led up to the temple. So on the west side of the temple, there were two guards near each other. 17 Each day six Levites guarded the east gate, four Levites guarded the north gate, four Levites guarded the south gate, and two Levites guarded each of the two entrances to the storerooms. 18 On the west side, two Levites guarded the courtyard and four Levites guarded the road that led to the courtyard.

19 Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates of the temple.

20 Some other Levites supervised the storerooms for valuable items that belonged to the temple and valuable items that people had dedicated to Yahweh. 21 One descendant of Gershon was Ladan. Some of Ladan's descendants were clan leaders. One of them was Jehieli. 22 Two of Jehiel’s sons, Zetham and his younger brother Joel, were responsible for the storeroom for valuable items that belonged to the temple.

23 Some Levites who were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel also helped guard the treasuries.

24 Shubael, a descendant of Moses’ son Gershom, was the official in charge of all the storerooms. 25 Another descendant of Moses was Shelomith. Eliezer, the son of Moses, was the ancestor of Rehabiah. Rehebiah was the ancestor of Jeshaiah. Jeshaiah was the ancestor of Joram. Joram was the ancestor of Zichri. Zichri was the ancestor of Shelomith. 26 Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the valuable things that people had dedicated to Yahweh. Those people included King David, clan leaders who were commanders of 1,000 soldiers or 100 soldiers, and other army commanders. 27 To help maintain Yahweh’s temple, they contributed some of the valuable things they captured after winning battles. 28 Shelomith and his relatives were also responsible for everything that the prophet Samuel, King Saul, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah had dedicated to Yahweh.

29 One of the descendants of Izhar was Kenaniah. He and his sons worked outside the temple area. They were officials and judges in various places in Israel.

30 One of the descendants of Hebron was Hashabiah. He and his relatives did their work in the part of Israel east of the Jordan River. They collected tithes and offerings and taught people about Yahweh. They also collected taxes, helped settle disputes, and made sure that people obeyed the king’s commands. They were capable men, and there were 1,700 of them. 31 After David had been ruling for almost 40 years, his officials searched in the records of Hebron’s descendants and discovered that many of them were capable men who lived in the city of Jazer in the region of Gilead. One of these descendants of Hebron was Jeriah. He was a clan leader. 32 He and 2,700 of his relatives lived in that area. They included many capable men and clan leaders. King David gave them authority over the people of the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They made sure that the people obeyed God and the king.

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UST 1 CHR Chapter 26

UST 1 CHR Chapter 26