1 ARST 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. BSB BSB: These were the divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.
2 ARST Meshelemiah had seven sons. His oldest son was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel, BSB BSB: Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
3 ARST Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai. BSB BSB: Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.
4 ARST Another guard was Obed Edom. He had eight sons. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sakar, Nethanel, BSB BSB: And Obed-edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
5 ARST Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. Obed Edom had many sons because God had blessed him. BSB BSB: Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth. For God had blessed Obed-edom.
6 ARST Obed Edom’ s son Shemaiah also had sons. They were leaders in their father’ s family because they were capable warriors. BSB BSB: Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.
7 ARST The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’ s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men. BSB BSB: Shemaiah’s sons were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his brothers were Elihu and Semachiah, also capable men.
8 ARST All of those descendants of Obed Edom and their sons and relatives were capable people and strong workers. Altogether there were 62 of them. BSB BSB: All these were descendants of Obed-edom; they and their sons and brothers were capable men with strength to do the work—62 in all from Obed-edom.
9 ARST Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether. BSB BSB: Meshelemiah also had sons and brothers who were capable men—18 in all.
10 ARST Another guard was Hosah, a descendant of Merari. Hosah had four sons. Hosah’ s son Shimri was the leader of that family because Hosah appointed him to be the leader, even though Shimri was not Hosah’ s oldest son. BSB BSB: Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
11 ARST Hosah’ s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah. BSB BSB: Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and brothers of Hosah numbered 13 in all.
12 ARST Those men were leaders of the groups of men who guarded the gates of the temple. They worked at the temple like their relatives did. BSB BSB: These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their relatives did.
13 ARST By casting lots, the leader of each family chose one gate for their group to guard. All of them, including young men and old men, cast lots. BSB BSB: They cast lots for each gate, according to their families, young and old alike.
14 ARST The lot for Shelemiah’ s group indicated they would guard the east gate. The group of Shelemiah’ s son Zechariah, who was a wise counselor, cast lots. Those lots indicated Zechariah’ s group would guard the north gate. BSB BSB: The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him.
15 ARST The lot for Obed Edom’ s group indicated they would guard the south gate, and the lot for Obed Edom’ s sons indicated they would guard the entrances to the temple storerooms. BSB BSB: The lot for the South Gate fell to Obed-edom, and the lot for the storehouses to his sons.
16 ARST The lots for Shuppim’ s group and Hosah’ s group indicated they would guard the west gate and the Shalleketh Gate on the upper road to the temple. The work for the guards corresponded to what was necessary for each duty. BSB BSB: The lots for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway fell to Shuppim and Hosah. There were guards stationed at every watch.
17 ARST Each day there were six descendants of Levi who guarded the east gate, four who guarded the north gate, four who guarded the south gate, and two at a time who guarded the entrances to the storerooms. BSB BSB: Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.
18 ARST At the west gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard. BSB BSB: As for the court on the west, there were four at the highway and two at the court.
19 ARST Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates of the temple. BSB BSB: These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari.
20 ARST A man from the descendants of Levi, Ahijah, oversaw the places where the temple’ s treasures were as well as the places where the Levites kept the gifts that the people brought to the temple. BSB BSB: Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
21 ARST The descendants of Ladan were themselves descendants of Gershon. They were leaders among their family groups. A descendant of this Ladan from the descendants of Gershon was Jehiel. BSB BSB: From the descendants of Ladan, who were Gershonites through Ladan and heads of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, were Jehieli,
22 ARST From the sons of Jehiel, Zetham and his younger brother Joel were in charge of the places where the temple’ s treasures were. BSB BSB: the sons of Jehieli, Zetham, and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
23 ARST Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. BSB BSB: From the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites:
24 ARST Shubael, a descendant of Moses’ son Gershom, was another leader in charge of where the treasures were. BSB BSB: Shebuel, a descendant of Gershom son of Moses, was the officer in charge of the treasuries.
25 ARST Others who did that work were the descendants of Gershom’ s younger brother Eliezer. Those men were Eliezer’ s son Rehabiah, Rehabiah’ s son Jeshaiah, Jeshaiah’ s son Joram, Joram’ s son Zichri, and Zichri’ s son Shelomith. BSB BSB: His relatives through Eliezer included Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.
26 ARST Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the valuable things that certain people had dedicated to Yahweh. These people who dedicated things included King David, the leaders of the family groups, the army commanders of 1, 000 soldiers and commanders of 100 soldiers, as well as other army commanders. BSB BSB: This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.
27 ARST They dedicated for the repair of Yahweh’ s temple some of the valuable things that those army officers had taken from Israel’ s enemies after Israel’ s army had defeated enemies in battles. BSB BSB: They had dedicated some of the plunder from their battles to the repair of the house of the LORD.
28 ARST Shelomith and his relatives were also in charge of everything that the prophet Samuel, King Saul, and David’ s two army commanders Abner and Joab had dedicated to Yahweh. BSB BSB: Everything that had been dedicated by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, along with everything else that was dedicated, was under the care of Shelomith and his brothers.
29 ARST From the descendants of Izhar, Kenaniah and his sons worked outside the temple area. They were officials and judges in various places in Israel. BSB BSB: From the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons had the outside duties as officers and judges over Israel.
30 ARST From the descendants of Hebron, Hashabiah and his relatives were responsible for all the work done for Yahweh and for the king in the area west of the Jordan river. There were 1, 700 of them who were able to do their work well. BSB BSB: From the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king.
31 ARST Scribes recorded in the records of Hebron’ s descendants that Jeriah was the leader of that family group. When David had been ruling for almost forty years, they searched in those records and found names of capable men descended from Hebron who were at the city of Jazer in the region of Gilead. BSB BSB: As for the Hebronites, Jerijah was the chief of the Hebronites, according to the genealogies of his ancestors. In the fortieth year of David’s reign the records were searched, and strong, capable men were found among the Hebronites at Jazer in Gilead.
32 ARST Jeriah had 2, 700 relatives who were able to do their work well and who were leaders of their families. King David put them in charge of governing the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh, to ensure that all the people did what God commanded and what the king told them to do. BSB BSB: Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king.
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