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.”
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;)
Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
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.
And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
Related Verses
“For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.”
“And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.”
“In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.”
“To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.”
“Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates.”