16. as well as Shabbethai and Jozabad, who were some of the leaders of the Levites in charge of the outside work on God’s house;
17. also Mattaniah son of Mica son of Zabdi son of Asaph the leader who began the thanksgiving with prayer, and Bakbukiah, who was the second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua son of Galal son of Jeduthun.
18. All the Levites in the holy city totaled 284.
19. The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates who guarded the gates totaled 172.
20. The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the towns of Judah, each of them in their own property.
21. But the temple servants lived in Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa in charge of them.
22. The supervisor of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani son of Hashabiah son of Mattaniah son of Mica, from the family of Asaph, who were the singers in charge of the work of God’s house.
23. There was a command from the king setting out the daily requirements of the singers.
24. Advising the king in all matters concerning the people was Pethahiah, Meshezabel’s son, from the family of Zerah, Judah’s son.
25. As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages, in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its villages,
26. in Jeshua, in Moladah and Beth-pelet,
27. in Hazar-shual, in Beer-sheba and its villages,
28. in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages,
29. in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,
30. Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beer-sheba to the Hinnom Valley.
31. The people of Benjamin also lived from beyond Geba, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
32. Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,