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The sixteenth to Hananias, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

The seventeenth to Jesbacassa, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

The eighteenth to Hanani, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

The nineteenth to Mellothi, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

The twentieth to Eliatha, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

The one and twentieth to Othir, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

The two and twentieth to Geddelthi, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

The four and twentieth to Romemthiezer, to his sons and his brethren twelve.

And to Semei his son were born sons, heads of their families: for they were men of great valour.

The sons then of Semeias were Othni, and Raphael, and Obed, Elizabad, and his brethren most valiant men: and Eliu, and Samachias.

And of Hosa, that is, of the sons of Merari: Semri the chief, (for he had not a firstborn, and therefore his father made him chief.)

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.

And to Obededom and his sons that towards the south: in which part of the house was the council of the ancients.

The sons of Jehieli: Zathan and Joel, his brethren over the treasures of the house of the Lord,

His brethren also, Eliezer, whose son Rohobia, and his son Isaias, and his son Joram, and his son Zechri, and his son Selemith.

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,

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 those things, they were under the hand of Selemith and his brethren.

But Chonenias and his sons were over the Isaarites, for the business abroad over Israel to teach them and judge them.

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.