1 Now ANeh 7:4the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people BNeh 10:34cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, CNeh 11:18; Is 48:2the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities. 2 And the people blessed all the men who AJudg 5:9volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

3 A1 Chr 9:2-34Now these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah BNeh 7:73; 11:20each lived on his own property in their cities—the 1Lit IsraelIsraelites, the priests, the Levites, the 2Heb NethinimCEzra 2:43temple servants and the 3Lit sonsDNeh 7:57descendants of Solomon’s servants. 4 Some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez; 5 and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite. 6 All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 able men.

7 Now these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah; 8 and after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928. 9 Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second 1Lit overin command of the city.

10 From the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, 11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the leader of the house of God, 12 and their 1Lit brothers, and so throughout the chkinsmen who performed the work of the 2Lit housetemple, 822; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, 13 and his kinsmen, heads of fathers’ households, 242; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 14 and their brothers, valiant warriors, 128. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of 1Or the great onesHaggedolim.

15 Now from the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 16 and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the 1Lit headsleaders of the Levites, who were 2Lit overin charge of A1 Chr 26:29the outside work of the house of God; 17 and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of 1In 1 Chr 9:15, ZichriZabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the 2Lit headleader in beginning the thanksgiving at prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and 3In 1 Chr 9:16, ObadiahAbda the son of 4In 1 Chr 9:16, ShemaiahShammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 18 All the Levites in ANeh 11:1the holy city were 284.

19 Also the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

20 The rest of Israel, of the priests and of the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each ANeh 11:3on his own inheritance. 21 But ANeh 3:26the temple servants were living in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were 1Lit overin charge of the temple servants.

22 Now ANeh 11:9, 14the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph, who were the singers for the 1Or workservice of the house of God. 23 AEzra 6:8; 7:20For there was a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song leaders BNeh 12:47day by day. 24 Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons AGen 38:30of Zerah the son of Judah, was the B1 Chr 18:17king’s 1Lit handrepresentative in all matters concerning the people.

25 Now as for the villages with their fields, some of the sons of Judah lived in AJosh 14:15Kiriath-arba and its 1Lit daughters, and so throughout the chtowns, in BJosh 13:9, 17Dibon and its 1Lit daughters, and so throughout the chtowns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages, 26 and in Jeshua, in Moladah and Beth-pelet, 27 and in Hazar-shual, in Beersheba and its towns, 28 and in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns, 29 and in En-rimmon, in Zorah and in Jarmuth, 30 Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba as far as the valley of Hinnom. 31 The sons of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns, 32 at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35 Lod and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. 36 From the Levites, some divisions in Judah belonged to Benjamin.