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26 ¹Izigaba zabalindimasango: kwabakwaKora, uMeshelemiya indodana kaKore, owamadodana ka-Asafa. ²UMeshelemiya wayenamadodana: uZakariya izibulo, uJediyaeli owesibili, uZebhadiya owesithathu, uJathniyeli owesine, ³u-Elamu owesihlanu, uJehohanani owesithupha, u-Eliyehoyenayi owesikhombisa. ⁴U-Obede-edomi naye wayenamadodana: uShemaya izibulo, uJehozabadi owesibili, uJowa owesithathu, uSakari owesine, uNethaneli owesihlanu, ⁵u-Amiyeli owesithupha, u-Isakare owesikhombisa, uPeyulethayi owesishiyagalombili, ngokuba uBaba wethu wayembusisile. ⁶UShemaya indodana yakhe naye wayenamadodana ayephethe indlu kayise, ngokuba ayengamadoda anesibindi esikhulu. ⁷Amadodana kaShemaya: u-Othini, uRefayeli, u-Obede, no-Elizabadi, ababenabafowabo u-Elihu noSemakiya ababengamadoda anekhono. ⁸Bonke laba babephakathi kwamadodana ka-Obede-edomi — bona, namadodana abo, nabafowabo, beqinile benekhono emsebenzini: abangamashumi ayisithupha nambili baka-Obede-edomi. ⁹UMeshelemiya wayenamadodana nabafowabo, amadoda anekhono — bebonke bengabayishumi nesishiyagalombili. ¹⁰UHosa, owamadodana kaMerari, wayenamadodana: uShimri inhloko — nakuba engeyena izibulo, uyise wamenza inhloko. ¹¹uHilkiya owesibili, uTebaliya owesithathu, uZakariya owesine; amadodana nabafowabo bakaHosa babebonke beyishumi nantathu.

¹²Lezi zigaba zabalindimasango, ezabelwe izinhloko zamadoda, zakhonza njengabafowabo endlini kaBaba wethu. ¹³Benza inkatho, abancane nabadala ngokufanayo, ngezindlu zabo, isango ngesango. ¹⁴Inkatho yasempumalanga yawela kuShelemiya. Indodana yakhe uZakariya, umeluleki ohlakaniphile, benza inkatho, inkatho yakhe yaphuma enyakatho. ¹⁵Ku-Obede-edomi kwawela iningizimu, nasemadodaneni akhe inqolobane. ¹⁶KuShupimi nakuHosa kwawela intshonalanga, kanye neSango laseShalekheti emgwaqweni okhuphukayo, umlindi ebhekene nomlindi. ¹⁷AbaLevi abayisithupha bema empumalanga, abane enyakatho usuku nosuku, abane eningizimu usuku nosuku, nababili ngababili enqolobaneni. ¹⁸Egcekeni elisentshonalanga: abane emgwaqweni nababili egcekeni. ¹⁹Lezi kwakuyizigaba zabalindimasango phakathi kwabakwaKora nabakwaMerari.

Abaphathi Bengcebo, Izikhulu, Nabehluleli bakaBaba

²⁰U-Ahiya umLevi wayephethe iziphala zengcebo zendlu kaBaba wethu neziphala zezipho ezingcwelisiwe. ²¹Amadodana kaLadani, abakwaGereshoni abangabakaLadani, izinhloko zezindlu zakwaLadani umGereshoni: uJehiyeli. ²²Amadodana kaJehiyeli, uZethamu noJoweli umfowabo, ayephethe iziphala zendlu kaBaba wethu. ²³Kwabakwa-Amramu, abakwa-Isihari, abakwaHebroni, nabakwa-Uziyeli: ²⁴UShebuweli indodana kaGereshomu, indodana kaMose, wayeyisikhulu esiyinhloko phezu kweziphala zengcebo. ²⁵Izihlobo zakhe ngo-Eliyezeri: uRehabiya indodana yakhe, uJeshaya indodana yakhe, uJoramu indodana yakhe, uZikri indodana yakhe, uShelomiti indodana yakhe. ²⁶UShelomiti nabafowabo bayephethe zonke iziphala zezipho ezazingcweliswe yiNkosi uDavide, izinhloko zezindlu, abaholi bezinkulungwane nabamakhulu, nabaholi bempi. ²⁷Empangweni abayithola ezimpini bangcwelisa izipho zokunakekela indlu kaBaba wethu. ²⁸Konke lokho uSamuweli umboni, uSawule indodana kaKhishi, u-Abhineri indodana kaNeri, noJowabe indodana kaSeruya ababekungcwelisile — yonke into engcwelisiwe — uShelomiti nabafowabo babekuphethe.

²⁹Kwabakwa-Isihari, uKhenaniya namadodana akhe babephethe izindaba zangaphandle zakwa-Israyeli njengezikhulu nabehluleli. ³⁰KwabakwaHebroni, uHashabiya nezihlobo zakhe — amadoda anekhono ayinkulungwane namakhulu ayisikhombisa — babephethe u-Israyeli ngasentshonalanga yeJordani, kuwo wonke umsebenzi kaBaba wethu nasenkonzweni yenkosi. ³¹Phakathi kwabakwaHebroni, uJeriya wayeyinhloko, ngokwemibhalo yezindlu zabo. Ngomnyaka wamashumi amane kaDavide kwafunwa, kwatholakala amadoda anekhono phakathi kwabo eJazeri eGileyadi. ³²Izihlobo zikaJeriya zaziyizinkulungwane ezimbili namakhulu ayisikhombisa, amadoda anekhono, izinhloko zezindlu. INkosi uDavide yababeka phezu kwabakwaRubeni, abakwaGadi, nenxenye yesizwe sakwaManase, kuyo yonke indaba kaBaba wethu neyenkosi.