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Concerning the divisions[H4256] of the porters[H7778]: Of the Korhites[H7145] was Meshelemiah[H4920] the son[H1121] of Kore[H6981], of the sons[H1121] of Asaph[H623].
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And the sons[H1121] of Meshelemiah[H4920] were, Zechariah[H2148] the firstborn[H1060], Jediael[H3043] the second[H8145], Zebadiah[H2069] the third[H7992], Jathniel[H3496] the fourth[H7243],
3Elam[H5867] the fifth[H2549], Jehohanan[H3076] the sixth[H8345], Elioenai[H454] the seventh[H7637].
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Moreover the sons[H1121] of Obededom[H5654] were, Shemaiah[H8098] the firstborn[H1060], Jehozabad[H3075] the second[H8145], Joah[H3098] the third[H7992], and Sacar[H7940] the fourth[H7243], and Nethaneel[H5417] the fifth[H2549],
5Ammiel[H5988] the sixth[H8345], Issachar[H3485] the seventh[H7637], Peulthai[H6469] the eighth[H8066]: for God[H430]blessed[H1288] him.
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Also unto Shemaiah[H8098] his son[H1121] were sons[H1121]born[H3205], that ruled[H4474] throughout the house[H1004] of their father[H1]: for they were mighty men[H1368] of valour[H2428].
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The sons[H1121] of Shemaiah[H8098]; Othni[H6273], and Rephael[H7501], and Obed[H5744], Elzabad[H443], whose brethren[H251] were strong[H2428]men[H1121], Elihu[H453], and Semachiah[H5565].
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All these of the sons[H1121] of Obededom[H5654]: they and their sons[H1121] and their brethren[H251], able[H2428]men[H376] for strength[H3581] for the service[H5656], were threescore[H8346] and two[H8147] of Obededom[H5654].
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And Meshelemiah[H4920] had sons[H1121] and brethren[H251], strong[H2428]men[H1121], eighteen[H8083].
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Also Hosah[H2621], of the children[H1121] of Merari[H4847], had sons[H1121]; Simri[H8113] the chief[H7218],(for though he was not the firstborn[H1060], yet his father[H1]made[H7760] him the chief[H7218];)
11Hilkiah[H2518] the second[H8145], Tebaliah[H2882] the third[H7992], Zechariah[H2148] the fourth[H7243]: all the sons[H1121] and brethren[H251] of Hosah[H2621] were thirteen[H7969].
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Among these were the divisions[H4256] of the porters[H7778], even among the chief[H7218]men[H1397], having wards[H4931] one against[H5980]another[H251], to minister[H8334] in the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And they cast[H5307]lots[H1486], as well the small[H6996] as the great[H1419], according to the house[H1004] of their fathers[H1], for every gate[H8179].
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And the lot[H1486]eastward[H4217]fell[H5307] to Shelemiah[H8018]. Then for Zechariah[H2148] his son[H1121], a wise[H7922]counsellor[H3289], they cast[H5307]lots[H1486]; and his lot[H1486] came out[H3318]northward[H6828].
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To Obededom[H5654]southward[H5045]; and to his sons[H1121] the house[H1004] of Asuppim[H624].
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To Shuppim[H8206] and Hosah[H2621] the lot came forth westward[H4628], with the gate[H8179]Shallecheth[H7996], by the causeway[H4546] of the going up[H5927], ward[H4929]against[H5980]ward[H4929].
17Eastward[H4217] were six[H8337]Levites[H3881], northward[H6828]four[H702] a day[H3117], southward[H5045]four[H702] a day[H3117], and toward Asuppim[H624]two[H8147] and two[H8147].
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At Parbar[H6503]westward[H4628], four[H702] at the causeway[H4546], and two[H8147] at Parbar[H6503].
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These are the divisions[H4256] of the porters[H7778] among the sons[H1121] of Kore[H7145], and among the sons[H1121] of Merari[H4847].
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And of the Levites[H3881], Ahijah[H281] was over the treasures[H214] of the house[H1004] of God[H430], and over the treasures[H214] of the dedicated things[H6944].
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As concerning the sons[H1121] of Laadan[H3936]; the sons[H1121] of the Gershonite[H1649]Laadan[H3936], chief[H7218]fathers[H1], even of Laadan[H3936] the Gershonite[H1649], were Jehieli[H3172].
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The sons[H1121] of Jehieli[H3172]; Zetham[H2241], and Joel[H3100] his brother[H251], which were over the treasures[H214] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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Of the Amramites[H6020], and the Izharites[H3325], the Hebronites[H2276], and the Uzzielites[H5817]:
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And Shebuel[H7619] the son[H1121] of Gershom[H1647], the son[H1121] of Moses[H4872], was ruler[H5057] of the treasures[H214].
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And his brethren[H251] by Eliezer[H461]; Rehabiah[H7345] his son[H1121], and Jeshaiah[H3470] his son[H1121], and Joram[H3141] his son[H1121], and Zichri[H2147] his son[H1121], and Shelomith[H8019] his son[H1121].
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Which Shelomith[H8013] and his brethren[H251] were over all the treasures[H214] of the dedicated[H6942]things[H6944], which David[H1732] the king[H4428], and the chief[H7218]fathers[H1], the captains[H8269] over thousands[H505] and hundreds[H3967], and the captains[H8269] of the host[H6635], had dedicated[H6942].
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Out of the spoils[H7998] won in battles[H4421] did they dedicate[H6942] to maintain[H2388] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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And all that Samuel[H8050] the seer[H7200], and Saul[H7586] the son[H1121] of Kish[H7027], and Abner[H74] the son[H1121] of Ner[H5369], and Joab[H3097] the son[H1121] of Zeruiah[H6870], had dedicated[H6942]; and whosoever had dedicated[H6942] any thing, it was under the hand[H3027] of Shelomith[H8019], and of his brethren[H251].
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Of the Izharites[H3325], Chenaniah[H3663] and his sons[H1121] were for the outward[H2435]business[H4399] over Israel[H3478], for officers[H7860] and judges[H8199].
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And of the Hebronites[H2276], Hashabiah[H2811] and his brethren[H251], men[H1121] of valour[H2428], a thousand[H505] and seven[H7651]hundred[H3967], were officers[H6486] among them of Israel[H3478] on this side[H5676]Jordan[H3383]westward[H4628] in all the business[H4399] of the LORD[H3068], and in the service[H5656] of the king[H4428].
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Among the Hebronites[H2276] was Jerijah[H3404] the chief[H7218], even among the Hebronites[H2276], according to the generations[H8435] of his fathers[H1]. In the fortieth[H705]year[H8141] of the reign[H4438] of David[H1732] they were sought[H1875] for, and there were found[H4672] among them mighty men[H1368] of valour[H2428] at Jazer[H3270] of Gilead[H1568].
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And his brethren[H251], men[H1121] of valour[H2428], were two thousand[H505] and seven[H7651]hundred[H3967]chief[H7218]fathers[H1], whom king[H4428]David[H1732] made rulers[H6485] over the Reubenites[H7206], the Gadites[H1425], and the half[H2677]tribe[H7626] of Manasseh[H4520], for every matter[H1697] pertaining to God[H430], and affairs[H1697] of the king[H4428].