KJV King James Version
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
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1 Chronicles 26:14
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him.
WEB World English Bible
The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
ASV American Standard Version
And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the lot falleth eastward to Shelemiah; and for Zechariah his son—a counsellor with understanding—they cause to fall lots, and his lot goeth out northward:
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 26
11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah [were] thirteen.
12 Among these [were] the divisions of the porters, [even] among the chief men, [having] wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD.
13 And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate.
14 And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counseller, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
15 To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
16 To Shuppim and Hosah [the lot came forth] westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.
17 Eastward [were] six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two [and] two.
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וַיִּפֹּ֧לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallהַגּוֹרָ֛לH1486 · go.ralallottedמִזְרָ֖חָהH4217 · miz.rachEast (Gate)לְשֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֑הוּH8018 · she.lem.yahShelemiahוּזְכַרְיָ֨הוּH2148 · ze.khar.yahZechariahבְנ֜וֹH1121 · benson: childיוֹעֵ֣ץ׀H3289 · ya.atsto adviseבְּשֶׂ֗כֶלH7922 · se.khelunderstandingהִפִּ֙ילוּ֙H5307 · na.phalto fall: fallגּֽוֹרָל֔וֹתH1486 · go.ralallottedוַיֵּצֵ֥אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeגוֹרָל֖וֹH1486 · go.ralallottedצָפֽוֹנָה׃ סH6828 · tsa.phonnorth
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