The Temple Guards Are Assigned Their Duties
1 The temple guards were also divided into groups according to clans.
Meshelemiah son of Kore was from the Korah clan and was a descendant of Asaph. 2 He had seven sons, who were born in the following order: Zechariah, Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel, 3 Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.
4-5 Obed-Edom had been blessed with eight sons: Shemaiah, Jehozabad, Joah, Sachar, Nethanel, Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai.
6-7 Shemaiah was the father of Othni, Rephael, Obed, Elzabad, Elihu, and Semachiah. They were all respected leaders in their clan. 8 There were 62 descendants of Obed-Edom who were strong enough to be guards at the temple.
9 Eighteen descendants of Meshelemiah were chosen for this work.
10-11 Hosah, from the Merari clan, was the father of Shimri, Hilkiah, Tebaliah, and Zechariah. Hosah had made Shimri the family leader, even though he was not the oldest son. Thirteen men from Hosah's family were chosen to be temple guards.
12 The guards were divided into groups, according to their family leaders, and they were assigned duties at the temple, just like the other Levites. 13 Each group, no matter how large or small, was assigned a gate to guard, and they let the Lord show them what he wanted done.
14 Shelemiah was chosen to guard the East Gate. Zechariah his son was a wise man and was chosen to guard the North Gate. 15 Obed-Edom was then chosen to guard the South Gate, and his sons were chosen to guard the storerooms. 16 Shuppim and Hosah were chosen to guard the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the upper road.
The guards were assigned the following work schedule: 17 Each day six guards were on duty on the east side of the temple, four were on duty on the north side, and four were on duty on the south side. Two guards were stationed at each of the two storerooms, 18 four were stationed along the road leading to the west courtyard, and two guards stayed in the court itself.
19 These were the guard duties assigned to the men from the clans of Korah and Merari.
Guards Are Assigned to the Treasury
20 The Levites who were relatives of the Korahites and the Merarites were in charge of guarding the temple treasury and the gifts that had been dedicated to God.
21 Ladan was from the Gershon clan and was the father of Jehieli. Many of his other descendants were family leaders in the clan. 22 Jehieli was the father of Zetham and Joel, and they were responsible for guarding the treasury.
23 Other guards at the treasury were from the Kohathite clans of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
24 Shebuel was a descendant of Gershom the son of Moses. He was the chief official in charge of the temple treasury. 25 The descendants of Gershom's brother Eliezer included Rehabiah, Jeshaiah, Joram, Zichri, and Shelomoth.
26 Shelomoth and his relatives were in charge of all the gifts that were dedicated to the Lord. These included the gifts that King David had dedicated, as well as those dedicated by the family leaders, army officers, and army commanders. 27 And whenever valuable things were captured in battle, these men brought back some of them to make repairs to the temple. 28 Shelomoth and his relatives were responsible for any gifts that had been given to the temple, including those from Samuel the prophet, King Saul the son of Kish, Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah.
Other Officers Are Assigned Their Duties
29 Chenaniah from the Izhar clan and his sons were government officials and judges. They did not work at the temple.
30 Hashabiah from the Hebron clan and 1,700 of his skilled relatives were the officials in charge of all religious and government business in the Israelite territories west of the Jordan River.
31-32 Jerijah was the leader of the Hebron clan. David assigned him and 2,700 of his relatives, who were all respected family leaders, to be the officials in charge of all religious and government business in the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh. David found out about these men during the fortieth year of his rule, when he had a list made of all the families in the Hebron clan. They were from the town of Jazer in the territory of Gilead.
Vārtu sargi
1 Vārtu sargu nodaļa. No korahiešiem – Mešelemjāhu, Kores dēls, viņš Āsāfa dēls. 2 Mešelemjāhu dēli: pirmdzimtais Zeharjahu, otrais Jedīaēls, trešais Zebadjāhu, ceturtais Jatniēls, 3 piektais Ēlāms, sestais Jehohānāns, septītais Eljehoēnajs. 4 Obēd-Edoma dēli: pirmdzimtais Šemaja, otrais Jehozābāds, trešais Joāhs, ceturtais Sāhārs, piektais Netanēls, 5 sestais Ammiēls, septītais Jisašhars, astotais Peulletajs, jo Dievs svētīja Obēd-Edomu.
6 Arī viņa dēlam Šemajam tika dzemdēti dēli, kas valdīja savos tēvu namos, jo viņi bija vareni spēkavīri. 7 Šemajas dēli: Otnī, Refaēls, Obēds un Elzābāds. Arī viņa brāļi Ēlīhu un Semahjāhu bija vareni vīri. 8 Šie visi bija Obēd-Edoma dēli, gan viņa, gan viņa dēlu dēli un viņu brāļi – stipri vīri, spējīgi kalpot, sešdesmit divi no Obēd-Edoma. 9 Mešelemjāhu dēli un brāļi, astoņpadsmit stipri vīri.
10 Merārī dēla Hosas dēli: galvenais Šimrī, viņš nebija pirmdzimtais, bet viņa tēvs to iecēla par galveno. 11 Otrais Hilkija, trešais Tebaljahu, ceturtais Zeharjahu. Šie visi bija Hosas dēli un brāļi, kopā trīspadsmit.
12 Šīm vārtu sargu nodaļām, viņu galvenajiem vadītājiem, tāpat kā viņu brāļiem, bija pienākums kalpot Kunga namā. 13 Viņi meta lozes par katriem vārtiem – gan mazs, gan liels – pēc tēvu namiem.
14 Austrumu vārtu loze krita Šelemjam, bet viņa dēlam Zeharjahu, kas bija gudrs padomdevējs, krita Ziemeļu vārtu loze. 15 Obēd-Edomam krita Dienvidu vārtu loze, viņa dēliem noliktavas. 16 Šupīmam un Hosam krita Rietumu un Šalleheta vārti, kur taka iet augšup. Sardzes vietas bija izvietotas šādi – 17 katru dienu seši levīti stāvēja Austrumu vārtos, četri katru dienu stāvēja Ziemeļu vārtos, četri katru dienu stāvēja Dienvidu vārtos un divi pie noliktavas. 18 Pie rietumu piebūves četri stāvēja pie ceļa un divi pie piebūves. 19 Šīs ir vārtu sargu vienības no korahiešu dēliem un Merārī dēliem.
Dārgumu krātuvju mantziņi, ierēdņi un tiesneši
20 Levīti un viņu brāļi bija atbildīgi par Dieva nama dārgumu krātuvēm un ziedojumu mantnīcām – 21 Ladāna dēli, kuri bija geršonieši, Ladāna pēcnācēji, un geršonieša Ladāna tēva nama galvenie bija jehiēlieši. 22 Jehiēla dēli bija Zētāms un viņa brālis Joēls, Kunga nama mantziņi.
23 No amrāmiešiem, jichāriešiem, hebroniešiem un uziēliešiem: 24 Šebuēls, Gēršoma dēls, Mozus dēls, bija mantnīcu priekšnieks. 25 Viņa brāļi no Elīezera puses bija viņa dēls Rehabjāhu, viņa dēls Jesaja, viņa dēls Jorāms, viņa dēls Zihrī, viņa dēls Šelomots. 26 Šelomots un viņa brāļi bija atbildīgi par visām mantnīcām, kurās glabājās ziedojumi no ķēniņa Dāvida un tēva nama galvenajiem, kuri bija virsnieki pār tūkstošiem un simtiem, kā arī citi karaspēka virsnieki. 27 Viņi bija ziedojuši kara laupījumu, lai uzturētu Kunga namu. 28 Par visu, ko bija ziedojuši redzētājs Samuēls, Sauls, Kīša dēls, Abnērs, Nēra dēls, un Joābs, Cerūjas dēls, – par visiem ziedojumiem bija atbildīgs Šelomīts un viņa brāļi.
29 Par citiem darbiem atbildēja jichārietis Kenanjāhu un viņa dēli, viņš bija virsnieks un tiesnesis Israēlā. 30 No hebroniešiem: Hašabjāhu un viņa brāļi, tūkstoš septiņi simti stipru vīru, pārraudzīja visus Kunga darbus un kalpošanu ķēniņam Israēla rietumu apgabalā šaipus Jardānas. 31 No hebroniešiem pēc dzimtu cilts rakstiem galvenais bija Jerijāhu. Dāvida valdīšanas četrdesmitajā gadā Gileādas Jaazērā tika meklēti un atrasti vareni spēkavīri. 32 Viņam bija arī divi tūkstoši septiņi simti brāļu, tie bija stipri vīri, tēvu namu galvenie. Ķēniņš Dāvids tos iecēla par visu Dieva un ķēniņa lietu pārziņiem rūbeniešiem, gādiešiem un pusei Manases cilts.
