Discovery Box1 Chronicles 15:18 
Context15:18 along with some of their relatives who were second in rank, including Zechariah, 1 Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.
1 Chronicles 15:21
Context15:21 Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to play the lyres according to the sheminith style, 2 as led by 3 the director;
1 Chronicles 15:24
Context15:24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; Obed-Edom and Jehiel were also guardians 4 of the ark.
1 tc The Hebrew text adds בֶּן (ben, “son”) here; the word is omitted in three Hebrew
2 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word שְׁמִינִית (shÿminit) is uncertain; perhaps it refers to a particular style of music. See HALOT 1562 s.v. שְׁמִינֹי.
3 tn Heb “for” or “according to.”
4 tn Heb “gatekeepers.”
