The descendants of Ladan,<n id="1" /> who were descended from Gershon through Ladan and were leaders of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, included Jehieli<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">The leaders of the families, the leaders of the Israelite tribes, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king&#8217;s work contributed willingly.

<p class="bodytext">These were the leaders of their families:<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were skilled warriors, men of reputation,<n id="2" /> and leaders of their families.

<p class="bodytext">Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family (the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary.<n id="1" /> Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s dwelling place.<n id="2" />

David said, &#8220;I will express my loyalty<n id="1" /> to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal<n id="2" /> to me.&#8221; So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father&#8217;s death.<n id="3" /> When David&#8217;s servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king&#8217;s sympathy,<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple and were twenty years old and up.<n id="1" />

The descendants of Eleazar had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar, so they divided them up accordingly; the descendants of Eleazar had sixteen leaders, while the descendants of Ithamar had eight.<n id="1" />

The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with the those of the youngest.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Later<n id="1" /> Hezron had sexual relations with<n id="2" /> the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married<n id="3" /> her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub.

<p class="bodytext">After Hezron&#8217;s death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron&#8217;s widow, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.<n id="1" />p>

and the clans of the scribes<n id="1" /> who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended<n id="2" /> from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab.<n id="3" />p>

Eshton was the father of Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash.<n id="1" /> These were the men of Recah.p>

Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.p> <p class="bodytext">Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those who live in Ge Harashim, who were craftsmen.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">The sons of Ezrah:p> <p class="bodytext">Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.p> <p class="bodytext">Mered&#8217;s wife Bithiah<n id="1" /> gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

<p class="bodytext">According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons.<n id="1" />

All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.p>

<p class="bodytext">Their relatives, who were leaders of their families, numbered 1,760. They were capable men who were assigned to carry out the various tasks of service in God&#8217;s temple.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">From Ephraim there were 20,800 warriors, who had brought fame to their families.<n id="1" />p>

He told them: &#8220;You are the leaders of the Levites&#8217; families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it.