^5 (A)So they were divided by lot, the one as the other; for they were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God, both from the ^[a]descendants of Eleazar and the ^[b]descendants of Ithamar. ⁶ Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them in the presence of the king, the leaders, Zadok the priest, ^(B)Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and the Levites; one father’s household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.