Resettling Jerusalem

1Now the leaders of the people stayed in Jerusalem,a and the rest of the people cast lotsb for one out of ten to come and live in Jerusalem, the holy city,c while the other nine#NAME? towns.d 2The people praised all the men who volunteerede to live in Jerusalem.

3These are the heads of the province who stayed in Jerusalemf (but in the villages of Judah each lived on his own property in their townsg — the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servantsh — 4while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem):

Judah’si descendants:

Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of Perez’s descendants; 5and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, a descendant of the Shilonite. 6The total number of Perez’s descendants, who settled in Jerusalem, was 468 capable men.

7These were Benjamin’s descendants:

Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah, 8and after him Gabbai and Sallai: 928. 9Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in command over the city.

10The priests:

Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin, and 11Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple, 12and their relatives who did the work at the temple: 822. Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah 13and his relatives, the leaders of families: 242. Amashsai son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer, 14and their relatives, capable men: 128. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim, was their chief.

15The Levites:

Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni; 16and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God; 17Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of •Asaph, the leader who began the thanksgiving in prayer;j Bakbukiah, second among his relatives; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.k 18All the Levites in the holy city:l 284.

19The gatekeepers:

Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who guarded the gates: 172.

20The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inherited property.m 21The temple servants lived on Ophel;n, o Ziha and Gishpa supervised the temple servants.

The Levites and Priests

22The leader of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the descendants of Asaph, who were singers for the service of God’s house. 23There was, in fact, a command of the king regarding them, and an ordinance regulatingp the singers’q daily tasks. 24Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the descendants of Zerahr son of Judah, was the king’ss agentt in every matter concerning the people.

25As for the farming settlements with their fields:

Some of Judah’s descendants lived in Kiriath-arbau and its villages,

Dibonv and its villages, and Jekabzeel and its villages;

26in Jeshua, Moladah,w Beth-pelet,

27Hazar-shual, and Beer-shebax and its villages;

28in Ziklagy and Meconah and its villages;

29in En-rimmon, Zorah,z Jarmuth,aa and

30Zanoahab and Adullam with their villages;

in Lachishac with its fields and Azekahad and its villages.

So they settled from Beer-shebaae to the Valley of Hinnom.af

31Benjamin’s descendants:

from Geba,ag, ah Michmash,ai Aija,

and Bethelaj — and its villages,

32Anathoth,ak Nob,al Ananiah,

33Hazor,am Ramah,an Gittaim,ao

34Hadid, Zeboim,ap Neballat,

35Lod, and Ono,aq the Valley of Craftsmen.

36Some of the Judean divisions of Levites were in Benjamin.