for Levi,Hashabiahthe sonof Kemuel;for Aaron,Zadok;
Of the sonsof Benjamin,Saul'skinsmen,3,000;for untilnowthe greatestpartof them had kepttheir allegianceto the houseof Saul.
Thesealsocastlotsjustas their relativesthe sonsof Aaronin the presenceof Davidthe king,Zadok,Ahimelech,and the headsof the fathers'[households] of the priestsand of the Levites--the headof fathers'[households] as wellas those of his youngerbrother.
Since morechiefmenwere foundfrom the descendantsof Eleazarthanthe descendantsof Ithamar,they dividedthem thus: [there were] sixteenheadsof fathers'householdsof the descendantsof Eleazarand eightof the descendantsof Ithamar,according to their fathers'households.
As for the Hebronites,Hashabiahand his relatives,1700capablemen,had charge of the affairsof Israelwestof the Jordan,for allthe workof the LORDand the serviceof the king.
Now in chargeof the tribesof Israel:chiefofficerfor the Reubeniteswas Eliezerthe sonof Zichri;for the Simeonites,Shephatiahthe sonof Maacah;
for Judah,Elihu,[one] of David'sbrothers;for Issachar,Omrithe sonof Michael;
the sonof Izhar,the sonof Kohath,the sonof Levi,the sonof Israel.
