And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the Scribe of the Levites, wrote them before the king and the princes, and Zadok the Priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief fathers of the Priests and of the Levites, one family being reserved for Eleazar, and another reserved for Ithamar.

And the first [a]lot fell to Jehoiarib, and the second to Jedaiah,

The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 24:7 This lot was ordained to take away all occasion of envy or grudging of one against another.

The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officials: Zadok the priest, Ahimelek(A) son of Abiathar and the heads of families of the priests and of the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar and then one from Ithamar.

The first lot fell to Jehoiarib,

the second to Jedaiah,(B)

the third to Harim,(C)

the fourth to Seorim,

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