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the sixteenth for Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the seventeenth for Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the eighteenth for Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the nineteenth for Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the twentieth for Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the twenty-first for Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the twenty-second for Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the twenty-third for Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

the twenty-fourth for Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.

Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth; for God blessed him.

All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom, they and their sons and their brethren, able men with strength for the work: sixty-two of Obed-Edom.

Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the first (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him the first),

And they cast lots for each gate, the small as well as the great, according to their father's house.

The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and his lot came out for the North Gate;

To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came out for the West Gate, with the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway--watchman opposite watchman.

On the east were six Levites, on the north four each day, on the south four each day, and for the storehouse [fn] two by two.

As for the Parbar [fn] on the west, there were four on the highway and two at the Parbar.

Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, one thousand seven hundred able men, had the oversight of Israel on the west side of the Jordan for all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king.

And his brethren were two thousand seven hundred able men, heads of fathers' houses, whom King David made officials over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God and the affairs of the king.

Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel, and in his division were twenty-four thousand;