Dual Panel1THE leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem; and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one in every ten to live in Jerusalem, the Holy City, while the remaining nine lived in other towns.
2The people invoked a blessing on all those who volunteered to settle in Jerusalem.
3These are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but, in the towns of Judah, other Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servitors, and descendants of Solomon's servants lived on their own property, in their own towns.
4Some members of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. Of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel of the line of Perez,
5and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah of the Shelanite family.
6all of whose family, to the number of four hundred and sixty-eight men of substance, lived in Jerusalem;
7These were the Benjamites: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Isaiah,
8and his kinsmen Gabbai and Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight in all.
9Joel son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
10Of the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, son of
11Seraiah, son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, supervisor of the house of God,
12and his brethren responsible for the work in the temple, eight hundred and twenty-two in all; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchiah,
13and his brethren, heads of fathers' houses, two hundred and forty-two in all; and Amashai son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,
14and his brethren, men of substance, a hundred and twenty-eight in all; their overseer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.
15And of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni;
16and Shabbethai and Jozabad of the chiefs of the Levites, who had charge of the external business of the house of God;
17and Mattaniah son of Micah, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who as precentor led the prayer of thanksgiving, and Bakbukiah who held the second place among his brethren; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
18The number of Levites in the Holy City was two hundred and eighty-four in all.
19The gate-keepers who kept guard at the gates were Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, a hundred and seventy-two.
20The rest of the Israelites were in all the towns of Judah, each man on his own inherited property.
21But the temple servitors lodged on Mount Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them.
22The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the line of Asaph, the singers, for the supervision of the business of the house of God.
23For they were under the king's orders, and there was obligatory duty for the singers every day.
24Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the line of Zerah son of Judah, was the king's adviser on all matters affecting the people.
25As for the hamlets with their surrounding fields: some of the men of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages, in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and its hamlets,
26in Jeshua, Moladah, and Bethpelet,
27in Hazar-shual, and in Beersheba and its villages,
28in Ziklag and in Meconah and its villages,
29in Enrimmon, Zorah, and Jarmuth,
30in Zanoah, Adullam, and their hamlets, in Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. Thus they occupied the country from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom.
31The men of Benjamin lived in Geba, Michmash, Aiah, and Bethel with its villages,
32in Anathoth, Nob, and Ananiah,
33in Hazor, Ramah, and Gittaim,
34in Hadid, Zeboim, and Neballat,
35in Lod, Ono, and Ge-harashim.
36Certain divisions of the Levites in Judah were attached to Benjamin.