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Zechariah (son of Meshelemiah)

스가랴 (므셀레먀의 아들)

Named at 1 Chronicles 9:21: “Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the door of the Tent of Meeting.” The Korean Revised Version reads 회막 문지기가 되었더라 (became gatekeeper of the Tent of Meeting). 1 Chronicles 26:2 names him first among Meshelemiah’s sons: “Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn”. 26:14 says, “The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.” The Korean Revised Version reads 그 아들 스가랴는 명철한 의사라 저를 위하여 제비 뽑으니 북방에 당첨되었고 (his son Zechariah was a wise counselor; they cast lots for him, and he drew the north).

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1CH 9:17–22, engwebp
¹⁷The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers (Shallum was the chief),
¹⁸who previously served in the king’s gate eastward. They were the gatekeepers for the camp of the children of Levi.
¹⁹Shallum was the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of his father’s house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent. Their fathers had been over the LORD’s camp, keepers of the entry.
²⁰Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
²¹Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
²²All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers in the thresholds were two hundred twelve. These were listed by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer ordained in their office of trust.
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1CH 26:1–11, engwebp
¹For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.
²Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,
³Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.
⁴Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.
⁶Sons were also born to Shemaiah his son, who ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.
⁷The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose relatives were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.
⁸All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom with their sons and their brothers, able men in strength for the service: sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
⁹Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, eighteen valiant men.
¹⁰Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief),
¹¹Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. All the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.
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1CH 26:12–19, engwebp
¹²Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in the LORD’s house.
¹³They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate.
¹⁴The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.
¹⁵To Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.
¹⁶To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watchman opposite watchman.
¹⁷Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two.
¹⁸For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
¹⁹These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.
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Meshelemiah — Father of — Zechariah (son of Meshelemiah)

Evidence: 1 Chronicles 9:17–22, 1 Chronicles 26:1–11, 1 Chronicles 26:12–19
Took part in (3) — The gatekeepers Shallum, Akkub, Talmon and Ahiman, and Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah, The divisions of the doorkeepers: Meshelemiah, Obed-Edom, and Hosah with their sons, The lots cast for every gate, according to their fathers’ houses

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Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the door of the Tent of Meeting.

1 Chronicles 26:2 Open that verse

Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

1 Chronicles 26:14 Open that verse

The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

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Entry: Zechariah (son of Meshelemiah) (person-zechariah-meshelemiah)
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Current wording: Named at 1 Chronicles 9:21: “Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the door of the Tent of Meeting.” The Korean Revised Version reads 회막 문지기가 되었더라 (became gatekeeper of the Tent of Meeting). 1 Chronicles 26:2 names him first among Meshelemiah’s sons: “Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn”. 26:14 says, “The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.” The Korean Revised Version reads 그 아들 스가랴는 명철한 의사라 저를 위하여 제비 뽑으니 북방에 당첨되었고 (his son Zechariah was a wise counselor; they cast lots for him, and he drew the north).
Cited evidence: 1CH 9:17–22, engwebp / 1CH 26:1–11, engwebp / 1CH 26:12–19, engwebp
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