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2 the 9 porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the_son_of Koré, of the_sons_of h.
2 And the_sons_of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediaél the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniél the fourth 4 X 3 Blam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
4 Moreover the_sons_of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehoza- bad the second, Joah the t and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneél the
5 Ammiél the sixth, Issachar the se- venth, Peulthai the eighth: for =God blessed ‘him.
6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were} edom sons born, x-that ruled throughout the_ house_of their father: for thep were mighty_men_of valour.
7 The_sons_of Shemaiah ; Othni, and Rephaél, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were s strong men, Elihu, and|s. Semachiah.
8 All these of the_sons_of Obed-edom : thep and their sons and their brethren, able ‘men for xstrength for the service, | i. i were threescore and two of Obed- edom.
8 And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, sstrong men, eighteen. 4 10 Also Hosah, of the_s children_of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for|* though he was not the firstborn, yet his
father made him the chief ;)
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the_ sons and brethren_of Hosah were thir- teen.
12 Among these were the_c divisions_ of the g ports, even among the chief stxmen, having chwards one against another, to minister in the_house_of| 7 J the Lorp.
13 And they cast lots, as_well the small as the great, according_to the_ house_of their fathers, for every gate.
14 And the lot eastward fell to Shele- miah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots ; and his lot came_out northward.
15 To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the_house_of s Asuppim.
16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shalle- cheth, by the causeway of the going_up, ch ward against ch ward.
17 xEastward were six *Levites, xnorth- ward four a@ day, xsouthw: four a xday, and toward sxAsuppim two and two. ‘
18 At pxParbar xwestward, four at the causeway, and two at » xParbar.
18 These are the_cdivisions_of the g porters among the_sons_of xKoré, and
x=God, and over the_treasures_of the h dedicated_things.
21 As concerning the_sons_of Laadan; the_sons_of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Ger- shonite, were Jehieli.
2 The_sons_of Jehieli; Zetham, and
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BO. peo Joél his brother, which were over the_ treasures_of the_house_of J the Lor.
J. a 3 Of the Amramites, and the Izhar- ites, the Hebronites, and the Uzziel- ites
ge. or 24 And Shebuél the-son_of ge Ger-
Gershon. j{shom, the_son_of Moses, was ruler_of
the treasures, % And his brethren by Eliezer; Reha- biah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son. 26 Which Shelomith and his brethren -|were over all the_treasures_of the se. onset. |se dedicated_things, which David the apart. king, and the chief ~fathers, the_cap- tains over xthousands and xhundreds, and the_captains_of the host, had_ se dedicated.
27 Out_of the spoils won in battles did_they_se dedicate to maintain the_ house_of J the Lorn.
28 And all that Samuél the seer, and Saul the_son_of Kish, and Abner the_
iah, had_se dedicated; and whosoever had_se dedicated anything, it was under the_hand_of Shelomith, and of his bre- thren.
22 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward «business over Israél, for officers and judges.
20 And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men_of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were o officers among them of Israél on this_ side xJordan westward in all the_busi- } ness_of ! the Lorp, and in the_service_of the king.
31 Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the_ reign_of David they were_sought_for, and there were_found among them mighty_men_of valour at Jazer _of Gilead.
32 And his brethren, s men_of valour, were two_thousand and seven hundred chief *fathers, whom xking David made_ rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the_half tribe_of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to x=God, and
affairs_of the king.
NOW the-_s children_of Israél after
2 their number, to wit, the chief
xfathers and captains_of xthousands and xhundreds, and their officers xthat served -the king in any matter_of the courses, which came_in and went_out month by month throughout all the_ months_of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand. 2 Over the first xcourse for the first xmonth was Jashobeam the _son _of Zabdiél ; and in his course were twenty and four thousand. 3 Of the_s children_of Perez was the chief_of all the_captains_of the host for the first xmonth. 4 And over the_course_of the second smonth was Dodai an xAhohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler : in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.
OFFICERS — _ AND. JUDGES.
0, over the _ charge.
son_of Ner, and Joab the_son_of Zeru-.