And athe officials of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people bcast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, cthe holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities.Neh 7:4Neh 10:34Neh 11:18; Is 48:2 2 And the people blessed all the men who afreely offered to live in Jerusalem.Judg 5:9
3 aNow these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah beach lived in his own possession in their cities—1the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the 2ctemple servants, and the dsons of Solomon’s servants.Lit IsraelHeb Nethinim1 Chr 9:2-34Neh 7:73; 11:20Ezra 2:43Neh 7:57 4 And some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the sons of Judah:
Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, from the sons of Perez;
5 and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.
6 All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 valiant men.
7 Now these are the sons of Benjamin:
Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah;
8 and after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928.
9 Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer,
and
Judah the
son of
Hassenuah was
second 1in command of the
city.
10 From the priests:
Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,
11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the leader of the house of God,
12 and their
1relatives who
did the
work of the
2house,
822;
and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
Lit brothers, so in chOr temple13 and his relatives, heads of fathers’ households, 242; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
14 and their relatives, mighty men of valor, 128.
And their
overseer was
Zabdiel, the
son of
1Haggedolim.
15 Now from the Levites:
Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
16 and
Shabbethai and
Jozabad, from the
1chiefs of the
Levites, who were
over athe
outside work of the
house of
God;
and
Mattaniah the
son of
Mica, the
son of
1Zabdi, the
son of
Asaph, who was the
2chief in
beginning the
thanksgiving in
prayer,
and Bakbukiah, the second among his relatives;
and
3Abda the
son of
4Shammua, the
son of
Galal, the
son of
Jeduthun.
18 All the Levites in athe holy city were 284.Neh 11:1
19 Now the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives who kept watch at the gates, were 172.
20 The rest of Israel, of the priests and of the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each aon his own inheritance.Neh 11:3 21 But athe temple servants were living in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.Neh 3:26
22 Now athe overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph, who were the singers 1over the work of the house of God.Lit in front ofNeh 11:9, 14 23 aFor there was a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song leaders bday by day.Ezra 6:8; 7:20Neh 12:47 24 Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons aof Zerah the son of Judah, was the bking’s 1representative in all matters concerning the people.Lit handGen 38:301 Chr 18:17
25 Now as for the villages with their fields,Lit daughters, so in chJosh 14:15Josh 13:9, 17
some of the
sons of
Judah lived in
aKiriath-arba and its
1towns, in
bDibon and its
towns, and in
Jekabzeel and its
villages,
26 and in Jeshua, in Moladah and Beth-pelet,
27 and in Hazar-shual, in Beersheba and its towns,
28 and in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns,
29 and in En-rimmon, in Zorah and in Jarmuth,
30 Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba as far as the valley of Hinnom.
31 The sons of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns,
32 at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35 Lod and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
36 From the Levites, some divisions in Judah belonged to Benjamin.