they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another. ¹ 

O children ¹  of Israel, God’s ²  servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s ³  chosen ones!

saying, ¹  “Don’t touch my anointed ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”

Jahath was the oldest and Zizah the second oldest. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were considered one family with one responsibility.

He let no one oppress them, he disciplined kings for their sake,

Next in command ¹  was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. He was one of the three elite warriors.

So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; one of his relatives, Asaph son of Berechiah; one of the descendants of Merari, ¹  Ethan son of Kushaiah;

“Go, tell David, ‘This is what the Lord says: “I am offering you three forms of judgment from which to choose. Pick one of them.”’” ¹ 

Gad went to David and told him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Pick one of these:

The divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph.

When the time comes for you to die, ¹  I will raise up your descendant, ²  one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, one of the thirty warriors and their leader,(12:5) ¹ Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite,

From ¹  the three he was given double honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of them. ² 

He received honor from ¹  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

David said to God, “Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! ¹  As for these sheep – what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, ²  but remove the plague from your people!” ³ 

These are the ones who served along with their sons: From the Kohathites: Heman the musician, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

Hosah, one of the descendants of Merari, had sons: The firstborn Shimri (he was not actually the firstborn, but his father gave him that status),

Later there was a battle ¹  with the Philistines in Gezer. ²  At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, ³  one of the descendants of the Rephaim, and the Philistines ⁴  were subdued.

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. ¹ 

Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west gate, along with the Shalleketh gate on the upper road. One guard was adjacent to another. ¹