1 Chronicles 26:14
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. And, for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots, and his lot came out, northward.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
13Yea they cast lots, as the small so the great, by their ancestral house, for every several gate.
15To Obed-edom, southward,—and, to his sons, the storehouse.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 9:24Towards the four winds, were the keepers of the gates,—eastward, westward, northward, and southward.
2 Chronicles 31:14And, Kore, son of Imnah the Levite, the door-keeper on the east, was over the freewill offerings of God,—to give the heave-offering of Yahweh, and the most holy things.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 26:2-20
The Officers of the Levites. ( b. c. Date.) 1 Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 2 And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. 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 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar… Read the whole commentary →