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,
33. Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34. Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35. Lod, and Ono, the valley of artisans.
36. Some divisions of the Levites in Judah were joined to Benjamin.