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12 These working groups of gatekeepers, corresponding to the chief men, had responsibilities like their brothers to serve in the house of Yahweh. 13 And they cast lots, small and great alike, by their fathers’ houses, for their gates.[a] 14 And the lot fell to the east to Shelemiah. As for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor,[b] they cast lots. And his lot came out for the north.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 26:13 Literally “for gate and gate”
  2. 1 Chronicles 26:14 Literally “giving counsel with understanding”