This continues the list of gatekeepers which started in [1 Chronicles 26:1](./01.md).

## Hosah...Merari...Shimri...Hikiah...Tebaliah...Zehariah ##

These are the names of men.  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## the second … third … fourth ##

This shows the order in which the sons were born. AT: "number 2...number 3...number 4" or "the next" for each one.  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

## All of Hosah's sons and kinsmen were thirteen in number ##

AT: "There were 13 of Hosah's sons and kinsmen." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])