19. The gatekeepers who moved into Jerusalem were Akkub, Talmon, and others with them. There was a total of 172 men who guarded the city gates.
20. The other Israelites, priests, and Levites lived on their own land in all the cities of Judah.
21. The Temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them.
22. Uzzi son of Bani was appointed over the Levites in Jerusalem. (Bani was the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah. Mattaniah was the son of Mica.) Uzzi was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers responsible for the service of the Temple.
23. The singers were under the king’s orders, which regulated them day by day.
24. Pethahiah son of Meshezabel was the king’s spokesman. (Meshezabel was a descendant of Zerah, the son of Judah.)
25. Some of the people of Judah lived in villages with their surrounding fields. They lived in Kiriath Arba and its surroundings, in Dibon and its surroundings, in Jekabzeel and its surroundings,
26. in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet,
27. Hazar Shual, Beersheba and its surroundings,