1 Chronicles 26

Responsibilities of Doorkeepers 1 Chronicles 26:9–12

⁹Verse 9. Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, valiant men, eighteen. ¹⁰Verse 10. Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief), ¹¹Verse 11. Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen. ¹²Verse 12. Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in Yahweh’s house.

Casting Lots for Service 1 Chronicles 26:13–19

¹³Verse 13. They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate. ¹⁴Verse 14. The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. ¹⁵Verse 15. To Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse. ¹⁶Verse 16. To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watchman opposite watchman. ¹⁷Verse 17. Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two. ¹⁸Verse 18. For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

¹⁹Verse 19. These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.

Treasurers and Their Duties 1 Chronicles 26:20–28

²⁰Verse 20. Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of God’s house and over the treasures of the dedicated things. ²¹Verse 21. The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, the heads of the fathers’ households belonging to Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli. ²²Verse 22. The sons of Jehieli: Zetham, and Joel his brother, over the treasures of Yahweh’s house. ²³Verse 23. Of the Amramites, of the Izharites, of the Hebronites, of the Uzzielites: ²⁴Verse 24. and Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasures. ²⁵Verse 25. His brothers: of Eliezer, Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomoth his son.

²⁶Verse 26. This Shelomoth and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the heads of the fathers’ households, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the army, had dedicated. ²⁷Verse 27. They dedicated some of the plunder won in battles to repair Yahweh’s house. ²⁸Verse 28. All that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated, whoever had dedicated anything, it was under the hand of Shelomoth, and of his brothers.

Oversight Beyond the Jordan 1 Chronicles 26:29–32

²⁹Verse 29. Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. ³⁰Verse 30. Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Yahweh, and for the service of the king. ³¹Verse 31. Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers’ households. They were sought for in the fortieth year of the reign of David, and mighty men of valor were found among them at Jazer of Gilead. ³²Verse 32. His brothers, men of valor, were two thousand seven hundred, heads of fathers’ households, whom king David made overseers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites, for every matter pertaining to God, and for the affairs of the king.