Discovery Box1 Chronicles 9:26 
Context9:26 The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary. 1
1 Chronicles 21:20
Context21:20 While Ornan was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the messenger, and he and his four sons hid themselves.
1 Chronicles 23:10
Context23:10 The sons of Shimei:
Jahath, Zina, 2 Jeush, and Beriah. These were Shimei’s sons – four in all. 3
1 Chronicles 26:18
Context26:18 At the court on the west there were four posted on the road and two at the court.
1 tn Heb “in the house of God.”
2 tc The MT reads “Zina” here and “Zizah” in v. 11. One Hebrew
3 sn Verses 8-10 are confusing. Two different lists of Shimei’s sons appear. In between these lists is the statement “these were the leaders of the family of Ladan,” suggesting that the list just before this includes the sons of Ladan, not Shimei. But verse 8 already lists Ladan’s sons. Apparently the text as it stands is a conflation of differing traditions.
