23. For the [Persian] king had ordered concerning them that a certain provision be made for the singers, as each day required.
24. Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
25. As for the villages with their fields, some people of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, and Jekabzeel, and their villages,
26. In Jeshua, Moladah, Beth-pelet,
27. Hazar-shual, Beersheba and its villages,
28. Ziklag, Meconah and its villages,
29. En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,
30. Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its villages. So they encamped from Beersheba to the Hinnom Valley.
31. The people of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
32. At Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33. Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,