CHAP. XXVI.
The divisions of the porters.
Offices of other Levites.
1 And these were the divisions
of the porters:
of the Corites Meselemia, the
son of Core, of the sons of
Asaph.
2 The sons of Meselemia:
Zacharias the first-born, Jadihel
the second, Zabadias the
third, Jathanael the fourth,
3 Elam the fifth, Johanan
the sixth, Elioenai the seventh.
4 And the sons of Obededom
Semeias the first-born,
Jozabad the second, Joaha the
third, Sachar the fourth, Nathanael
the fifth,
5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar
the seventh, Phollathi
the eighth: for the Lord had
blessed him.
6 And to Semei his son
were born sons, heads of their
families: for they were men
of great valour.
7 The sons then of Semeias:
were Othni, and Raphael,
and Obed, Elizabad, and his
brethren most valiant men:
and Eliu, and Samachias.
8 All these of the sons of
Obededom: they, and their
sons, and their brethren most
able men for service, sixty two
of Obededom.
9 And the sons of Meselemia,
and their brethren strong
men, were eighteen.
10 And of Hosa, that is,
of the sons of Merari: Semri
the chief (for note he had not
a first-born, and therefore his
father made him chief)
11 Helcias the second, Tabelias
the third, Zacharias the
fourth: all these the sons, and
the brethren of Hosa, were
thirteen.
12 Among 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.
13 And they cast lots equally,
both little and great,
by their families for every one
of the gates.
14 And the lot of the east
fell to Selemias. But to his
son Zacharias, a very wise and
learned man, the north gate
fell by lot.
15 And to Obededom and
his sons, that towards the
south: in which part of the
house was the council of the
ancients.
16 To Sephim, and Hosa
towards the west, by the gate,
which leadeth to the way of
the ascent: ward against ward.
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17 Now towards the east
were six Levites: and towards
the north four a day: and towards
the south likewise four
a day: and where the council
was, two and two.
18 In the cells also of the
porters toward the west were
four in the way: and two at
every cell.
19 These are the divisions
of the porters of the sons of
Core, and of Merari.
20 Now Achias was over
the treasures of the house of
God, and the note holy vessels.
21 The sons of Ledan, the
sons of Gersonni: of Ledan
were heads of the families, of
Ledan, and Gersonni, Jehieli.
22 The sons of Jehieli:
Zathan, and Joel his brethren
who were over the treasures
of the house of the Lord,
23 With the Amramites,
and Isaarites, and Hebronites,
and Ozielites.
24 And Subael the son of
Gersom, the son of Moses,
was chief over the treasures.
25 And his brethren by
Eliezer, whose son was Rahabia,
and his son Isaias, and
his son Joram, and his son
Zechri, and his son Selemith.
26 Which Selemith, and
his brethren were over the
treasures of the holy things,
which king David, and the
heads of families, and the
captains over thousands and
over hundreds, and the captains
of the host had dedicated.
27 Out of the wars, and
the spoils won in battles,
which they had consecrated to
the building and furniture of
the temple of the Lord.
28 And all these things that
Samuel the seer, and Saul the
son of Cis, and Abner the
son of Ner, and Joab the son
of Sarvia had sanctified: and
whosoever had sanctified any
things, they were under the
hand of Selemith, and his
brethren.
29 But Chonenias and his
sons were over the Isaarites,
for the business abroad over
Israel to teach them and judge
them.
30 And of the Hebronites
Hasabias, and his brethren
most able men, a thousand
seven hundred had the charge
over Israel beyond the Jordan
westward, in all the works of
the Lord, and for the service
of the king.
31 And the chief of the
Hebronites was Jeria according
to their families and kindreds.
In the fortieth year of the
reign of David they were
numbered, and there were
found most valiant men in Jazer
Galaad,
32 And his brethren of
stronger age, two thousand
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seven hundred chiefs of families.
And king David made
them rulers over the Rubenites
and the Gaddites, and the
half tribe of Manasses, for all
the service of God, and the
king.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
