16. and Shabbethai and Jozabad, who were over all the works which were exterior to the house of God, from among the leaders of the Levites.
17. And Mattaniah, the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the leader of praise and confession in prayer, with Bakbukiah, second among his brothers, and Abda, the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
18. All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred eighty-four.
19. And the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who guarded the doorways, were one hundred seventy-two.
20. And the remainder of Israel, the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each one in his own possession.
21. And the temple servants were living at Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa, of the temple servants.
22. And the director of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi, the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. The singing men in the ministry of the house of God were from the sons of Asaph.
23. In fact, there was a precept of the king about them, and an order among the singing men, throughout each day.
24. And Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, from the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was at the hand of the king concerning every word of the people,
25. and in the houses throughout all their regions. Some of the sons of Judah lived at Kiriatharba and in its daughter villages, and at Dibon and in its daughter villages, and at Jekabzeel and in its vicinity,
26. and at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethpelet,
27. and at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba and in its daughter villages,
28. and at Ziklag, and at Meconah and in its daughter villages,
29. and at Enrimmon, and at Zorah, and at Jarmuth,