--- title: "1 Chronicles 26:4-15 KJV - \"Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, S...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"Moreover the sons of Obed-edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Netha\" β€” Read 1 Chronicles 26:4-15 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/1-chronicles/26/4-15" --- [ Read](/kjv/1-chronicles/26)[ Commentary](/study/1-chronicles/26)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/1-chronicles/26) Audio ## 1 Chronicles 26:4-15 in Context (Verses 1–18 KJV) [1 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/1) Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites *was* Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.** [2 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/2) And the sons of Meshelemiah *were*, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, [3 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/3) Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. [4 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/4) Moreover the sons of Obed-edom *were*, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, [5 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/5) Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him.* [6 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/6) Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they *were* mighty men of valour. [7 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/7) The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren *were* strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. [8 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/8) All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, *were* threescore and two of Obed-edom. [9 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/9) And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. [10 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/10) Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for *though* he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;) [11 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/11) Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah *were* thirteen. [12 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/12) Among these *were* the divisions of the porters, *even* among the chief men, *having* wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD. [13 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/13) ΒΆ And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.* [14 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/14) And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.* [15 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/15) To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.* [16 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/16) To Shuppim and Hosah *the lot came forth* westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. [17 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/17) Eastward *were* six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two *and* two. [18 ](/kjv/1-chronicles/26/18) At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, *and* two at Parbar. 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