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the fourteenth to Mattityahu, his sons and brothers, twelve;

the fifteenth to Yeremot, his sons and brothers, twelve;

the sixteenth to Hananyahu, his sons and brothers, twelve;

the seventeenth to Yoshb'kashah, his sons and brothers, twelve;

the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and brothers, twelve;

the nineteenth to Maloti, his sons and brothers, twelve;

the twentieth to Eli'atah, his sons and brothers, twelve;

the twenty-first to Hotir, his sons and brothers, twelve;

the twenty-second to Gidalti, his sons and brothers, twelve;

the twenty-third to Machzi'ot, his sons and brothers, twelve; and

the twenty-fourth to Romamti-‘ezer, his sons and brothers, twelve.

To his son Sh'ma‘yah were born sons who ruled over their father's clan, because they were strong, brave men.

The sons of Sh'ma‘yah: ‘Otni, Refa'el and his brothers ‘Oved and Elzavad, valiant men; also Elihu and S'makhyahu.

Hosah, from the descendants of M'rari, had sons: Shimri the chief, for although he was not the firstborn, nevertheless his father made him the chief;

The lot for the east gate fell to Shelemyahu. Then they cast lots for his son Z'kharyahu, a sensible adviser, and he was allotted the north gate.

‘Oved-Edom was allotted the south gate and his sons the storehouse.

and the sons of Yechi'eli: Zetam and Yo'el his brother, over the stores in the house of Adonai .

His kinsmen: from Eli‘ezer: Rechavyahu his son, Yesha‘yahu his son, Yoram his son, Zikhri his son and Shlomit his son.

This Shlomit and his kinsmen were in charge of all the stores of the dedicated things that David the king, the clan heads, the captains over thousands and hundreds and the commanders of the army had dedicated.

Also included was all that Sh'mu'el the seer, Sha'ul the son of Kish, Avner the son of Ner and Yo'av the son of Tz'ruyah had dedicated. In short, if anyone had dedicated anything, Shlomit and his brothers were in charge of it.