Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem. And the rest of
the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem
the holy city, while nine out of ten remained in the other towns.
And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in
Jerusalem.
These are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but
in the towns of Judah everyone lived on his property in their
towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and
the descendants of Solomon's servants. And in Jerusalem lived
certain of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin. Of the
sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of
Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez;
and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah,
son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, son of the
Shilonite. All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468
valiant men.
And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam,
son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son
of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah, and his brothers, men of valor, 928.
Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of
Hassenuah was second over the city.
Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, Seraiah the
son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth,
son of Ahitub, ruler of the house of God, and their brothers who
did the work of the house, 822; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, son
of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of
Malchijah, and his brothers, heads of fathers' houses, 242; and
Amashsai, the son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son
of Immer, and their brothers, mighty men of valor, 128; their
overseer was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim.
And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam,
son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni; and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the
chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house
of God; and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph,
who was the leader of the praise, who gave thanks, and Bakbukiah,
the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of
Galal, son of Jeduthun. All the Levites in the holy city were 284.
The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brothers, who kept watch
at the gates, were 172. And the rest of Israel, and of the priests
and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his
inheritance. But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Ziha and
Gishpa were over the temple servants.
The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of
Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the sons
of Asaph, the singers, over the work of the house of God. For there
was a command from the king concerning them, and a fixed provision
for the singers, as every day required. And Pethahiah the son of
Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the
king's side in all matters concerning the people.
And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the people of
Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages, and in Dibon and its
villages, and in Jekabzeel and its villages, and in Jeshua and in
Moladah and Beth-pelet, in Hazar-shual, in Beersheba and its
villages, in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages, in En-rimmon, in
Zorah, in Jarmuth, Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and
its fields, and Azekah and its villages. So they encamped from
Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom. The people of Benjamin also
lived from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, Hadid, Zeboim,
Neballat, Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. And certain
divisions of the Levites in Judah were assigned to Benjamin.
