“Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),”
1 Chronicles 26:10 (BSB)
Context Reading
8All these were descendants of Obed-edom; they and their sons and brothers were capable men with strength to do the work — 62 in all from Obed-edom. 9Meshelemiah also had sons and brothers who were capable men — 18 in all. 10Hosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first), 11Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and brothers of Hosah numbered 13 in all. 12These divisions of the gatekeepers, through their chief men, had duties for ministering in the house of the LORD, just as their relatives did.