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1 למחלקות לשערים--לקרחים משלמיהו בן קרא מן בני אסף

This is a list of the groups of men who guarded the temple gates: From the descendants of Korah, there was Meshelemiah, the son of Kore, who was one of the sons of Asaph.

2 ולמשלמיהו בנים--זכריהו הבכור ידיעאל השני זבדיהו השלישי יתניאל הרביעי

The oldest son of Meshelemiah was Zechariah. His other sons were Jediael, Zebadiah, Jathniel,

3 עילם החמישי יהוחנן הששי אליהועיני השביעי

Elam, Jehohanan, and Eliehoenai.

4 ולעבד אדם בנים--שמעיה הבכור יהוזבד השני יואח השלשי ושכר הרביעי ונתנאל החמישי

[Another guard] was Obed-Edom. His oldest son was Shemaiah. His other sons were Jehozabad, Joah, Sacar, Nethanel,

5 עמיאל הששי יששכר השביעי פעלתי השמיני כי ברכו אלהים

Ammiel, Issachar, and Peullethai. It was because God had blessed him that he had many sons.

6 ולשמעיה בנו נולד בנים הממשלים לבית אביהם כי גבורי חיל המה

Obed-Edom’s son Shemaiah also had sons. They were leaders in their father’s family because they were capable of doing many things well.

7 בני שמעיה עתני ורפאל ועובד אלזבד אחיו--בני חיל אליהו וסמכיהו

The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. Shemaiah’s relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also capable men.

8 כל אלה מבני עבד אדם המה ובניהם ואחיהם איש חיל בכח לעבדה--ששים ושנים לעבד אדם

All of those descendants of Obed-Edom and their sons and relatives were capable people and strong workers. Altogether there were 62 of them.

9 ולמשלמיהו בנים ואחים בני חיל--שמונה עשר

Another guard was Meshelemiah. He and his sons and relatives were also capable people. There were 18 of them altogether.

10 ולחסה מן בני מררי בנים--שמרי הראש כי לא היה בכור וישימהו אביהו לראש

Another guard was Hosah’s son Shimri, a descendant of Merari. Hosah appointed Shimri to be the leader, even though he was not Hosah’s oldest son.

11 חלקיהו השני טבליהו השלשי זכריהו הרבעי כל בנים ואחים לחסה שלשה עשר

Hosah’s other sons were Hilkiah, Tabaliah, and Zechariah. Altogether there were 13 sons and relatives of Hosah.

12 לאלה מחלקות השערים לראשי הגברים משמרות--לעמת אחיהם לשרת בבית יהוה

Those men were leaders of the groups of men who guarded the gates of the temple. They worked at the temple like their relatives did.

13 ויפילו גורלות כקטן כגדול לבית אבותם--לשער ושער

By casting lots, the leader of each family chose one gate for their group to guard. [All of them, including] young men and old men (OR, including leaders of large families and small families), cast lots.

14 ויפל הגורל מזרחה לשלמיהו וזכריהו בנו יועץ בשכל הפילו גורלות ויצא גורלו צפונה

Shelemiah’s group was selected to guard the East Gate. The group of Shelemiah’s son Zechariah, who was a wise counselor, was selected to guard the North Gate.

15 לעבד אדם נגבה ולבניו בית האספים

Then Obed-Edom’s group was selected to guard the South Gate, and his sons were selected to guard the [entrances to the temple] storerooms.

16 לשפים ולחסה למערב עם שער שלכת במסלה העולה משמר לעמת משמר

Then Shuppim’s group and Hosah’s group were selected to guard the West Gate and the Shalleketh Gate on the upper road [to the temple]. The work for the guards was divided evenly.

17 למזרח הלוים ששה לצפונה ליום ארבעה לנגבה ליום ארבעה ולאספים שנים שנים

Each day there were six descendants of Levi who guarded the East Gate, four who guarded the North Gate, four who guarded the South Gate, and two at a time who guarded the entrances to the storerooms.

18 לפרבר למערב--ארבעה למסלה שנים לפרבר

At the West gate there were two men who guarded the courtyard and four who guarded the road outside the courtyard.

19 אלה מחלקות השערים לבני הקרחי ולבני מררי

Those were the groups of men who were descendants of Korah and Merari who guarded the gates [of the temple].

20 והלוים--אחיה על אוצרות בית האלהים ולאצרות הקדשים

Other descendants of Levi were in charge of the chests that contained the money that was dedicated to Yahweh, money that the people brought to the temple.

21 בני לעדן בני הגרשני ללעדן ראשי האבות ללעדן הגרשני--יחיאלי

[One of those men was] Ladan, a descendant of Gershon. He was the ancestor of several family groups. Jehiel was the leader of one of those family groups.

22 בני יחיאלי--זתם ויואל אחיו על אצרות בית יהוה

Others who had that work were Zetham and his [younger] brother Joel, who were the sons of Jehiel.

23 לעמרמי ליצהרי לחברוני לעזיאלי

Others who did that work were descendants of Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

24 ושבאל בן גרשום בן משה נגיד על האצרות

[From the descendants of Amram], Shubael, a descendant of Moses’s son Gershom, was the leader who was in charge of the money chests.

25 ואחיו לאליעזר--רחביהו בנו וישעיהו בנו וירם בנו וזכרי בנו ושלמות (ושלמית) בנו

[Others who did that work were] the descendants of [Gershom’s younger brother] Eliezer. Those men were Eliezer’s son Rehabiah, Rehabiah’s son Jeshaiah, Jeshaiah’s son Joram, Joram’s son Zicri, and Zicri’s son Shelomith.

26 הוא שלמות ואחיו על כל אצרות הקדשים אשר הקדיש דויד המלך וראשי האבות לשרי האלפים והמאות--ושרי הצבא

Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the valuable things that had been dedicated [to Yahweh] by King David, by the leaders of the family groups, by the army commanders of 1,000 soldiers and commanders of 100 soldiers, and by other army commanders.

27 מן המלחמות ומן השלל הקדישו--לחזק לבית יהוה

Some of the things that those army officers had taken [from Israel’s enemies] in battles they dedicated for the repair of the temple of Yahweh.

28 וכל ההקדיש שמואל הראה ושאול בן קיש ואבנר בן נר ויואב בן צרויה--כל המקדיש על יד שלמית ואחיו

And Shelomith and his relatives were also in charge of everything that had been dedicated [to Yahweh] by the prophet Samuel, by King Saul, and by [David’s two army commanders] Ner and Joab.

29 ליצהרי כנניהו ובניו למלאכה החיצונה על ישראל--לשטרים ולשפטים

From the descendants of Izhar, Kenaniah and his sons were given work outside [the temple area]. They were officials and judges in [various places] in Israel.

30 לחברוני חשביהו ואחיו בני חיל אלף ושבע מאות על פקדת ישראל מעבר לירדן מערבה--לכל מלאכת יהוה ולעבדת המלך

From the descendants of Hebron, Hashabiah and his relatives were responsible for the work done for Yahweh and for the king in all the area west of the Jordan [river]. There were 1,700 of them who were able to do their work well.

31 לחברוני יריה הראש לחברוני לתלדתיו לאבות--בשנת הארבעים למלכות דויד נדרשו וימצא בהם גבורי חיל ביעזיר גלעד

It was written in the records of the descendants of Hebron that Jeriah was their leader. When David had been ruling for almost 40 years, they searched in those records, and they found [names of] capable men descended from Hebron who were at Jazer [city] in the Gilead [region].

32 ואחיו בני חיל אלפים ושבע מאות--ראשי האבות ויפקידם דויד המלך על הראובני והגדי וחצי שבט המנשי לכל דבר האלהים ודבר המלך

Jeriah had 2,700 relatives who were able to do their work well, and who were leaders of their families. King David put them in charge of governing the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and [the eastern] half of the tribe of Manasseh, to be sure that all the people did what God and the king told them to do.