17 Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the director who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
18 The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.
19 The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates-172 men.
20 The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each on his ancestral property.
21 The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them.
22 The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. Uzzi was one of Asaph's descendants, who were the singers responsible for the service of the house of God.
23 The singers were under the king's orders, which regulated their daily activity.
24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was the king's agent in all affairs relating to the people.
25 As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its surrounding settlements, in Dibon and its settlements, in Jekabzeel and its villages,
26 in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth Pelet,
27 in Hazar Shual, in Beersheba and its settlements,
28 in Ziklag, in Meconah and its settlements,
29 in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,
30 Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its settlements. So they were living all the way from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.
31 The descendants of the Benjamites from Geba lived in Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its settlements,
32 in Anathoth, Nob and Ananiah,
33 in Hazor, Ramah and Gittaim,
34 in Hadid, Zeboim and Neballat,
35 in Lod and Ono, and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.
36 Some of the divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.
12 These were the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush,
3 Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth,
4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
5 Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah,
6 Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
8 The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and also Mattaniah, who, together with his associates, was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving.
9 Bakbukiah and Unni, their associates, stood opposite them in the services.
10 Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,
11 Joiada the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan the father of Jaddua.
12 In the days of Joiakim, these were the heads of the priestly families: of Seraiah's family, Meraiah; of Jeremiah's, Hananiah;
13 of Ezra's, Meshullam; of Amariah's, Jehohanan;
14 of Malluch's, Jonathan; of Shecaniah's, Joseph;
15 of Harim's, Adna; of Meremoth's, Helkai;
16 of Iddo's, Zechariah; of Ginnethon's, Meshullam;
17 of Abijah's, Zicri; of Miniamin's and of Moadiah's, Piltai;
18 of Bilgah's, Shammua; of Shemaiah's, Jehonathan;
19 of Joiarib's, Mattenai; of Jedaiah's, Uzzi;
20 of Sallu's, Kallai; of Amok's, Eber;
21 of Hilkiah's, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah's, Nethanel.
