¹⁴ And of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hashshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;

⁵⁷ And these `are' numbered ones of the Levite by their families: of Gershon `is' the family of the Gershonite; of Kohath the family of the Kohathite; of Merari the family of the Merarite.

¹⁹ Sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these `are' families of the Levite according to their fathers;

²⁹ Sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

⁶³ To the sons of Merari, for their families, from the tribe of Reuben, and from the tribe of Gad, and from the tribe of Zebulun, by lot, twelve cities.

¹¹ Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah,

¹⁵ And of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hashub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni,

¹⁶ and Shabbethai, and Jozabad, `are' over the outward work of the house of God, of the heads of the Levites,

¹⁷ and Mattaniah son of Micha, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, `is' head -- at the commencement he giveth thanks in prayer; and Bakbukiah `is' second among his brethren, and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

¹⁸ All the Levites, in the holy city, `are' two hundred eighty and four.

¹⁹ And the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, those watching at the gates, `are' a hundred seventy and two.

²⁴ and heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brethren, `are' over-against them, to give praise, to give thanks, by command of David the man of God, charge over-against charge.