All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obededom.(1 Chronicles 26:8)
And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen.(1 Chronicles 26:9)
Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)(1 Chronicles 26:10)
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.(1 Chronicles 26:12)
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.(1 Chronicles 26:13)
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.(1 Chronicles 26:14)
