¹And all Israel was registered by genealogy, and they were written in the Book of the Kings of Israel, but Judah was deported to Babylon because of their treachery. ²And the first inhabitants who were back in their possession in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites and the temple-servants. ³And in Jerusalem there lived some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin, and some of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh: ⁴Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, one of the sons of Perez, the son of Judah; ⁵and from the Shilonites, Asaiah the firstborn and his sons; ⁶and from the sons of Zerah, Jeuel and their brothers – six hundred and ninety of them; ⁷and from the sons of Benjamin, Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah, ⁸and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; ⁹and their brothers according to their genealogies – nine hundred and fifty-six of them. All these were men who were paternal heads over the house of their fathers. ¹⁰And in Jerusalem there lived: from the priests, Jedaiah and Jehoiarib and Jachin, ¹¹and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub – the leader in the house of God – ¹²and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer, ¹³and their brothers, heads of their paternal house – one thousand seven hundred and sixty of them – valiant heroes in the execution of the work of the house of God; ¹⁴and from the Levites, Shemaiah the son of Hashshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, from the sons of Merari, ¹⁵and Bakbakkar, Heresh and Galal and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph, ¹⁶and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites; ¹⁷and the gatekeepers, Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman, and their brother – Shallum being the head – ¹⁸who are the ones who have been gatekeeping at the king's gate in the east up to now, as companies of the sons of Levi. ¹⁹And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers of his paternal house, the Korhites, were in charge of the execution of the work, they being the doorkeepers of the tent. And their fathers had been in charge of the Lord's precinct as keepers of the entrance. ²⁰And Phinehas the son of Eleazar had been an overseer in charge of them, previously, the Lord being with him. ²¹Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of contact. ²²All of them who were elite in gatekeeping at the thresholds came to two hundred and twelve. Their registration by their genealogy was in their villages. They are whom David and Samuel the seer installed on account of their faithfulness. ²³And they and their sons were in charge of the gates of the house of the Lord – the house of the tent – in guard shifts. ²⁴The gatekeepers were in their four quarters: east, to the west, to the north and to the south. ²⁵And their brothers in their villages were charged to come for seven days from time to time, with these. ²⁶For it was on account of their faithfulness that they were there – the four valiant gatekeepers. They were Levites, and they were in charge of the office rooms and in charge of the treasuries of the house of God. ²⁷And they lodged in the vicinity of the house of God, because the duty of guarding had been committed to them, and they had charge of the key every morning. ²⁸And some of them were in charge of the equipment for the service, for they would bring it in with a tally and bring it out with a tally. ²⁹And some of them were appointed over the equipment and over all the holy equipment, and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the fragrances. ³⁰And some of the sons of the priests were preparers of the ointment for the fragrances. ³¹And Mattithiah from the Levites – he was the firstborn of Shallum the Korhite – was faithfully in charge of the work with the pans. ³²And some of the sons of the Kohathites, taken from their brothers, were in charge of the showbread, to prepare it every Sabbath. ³³And these were the singers, paternal heads of the Levites in the annexes; they were there when discharged between shifts, for they were charged with their function day and night. ³⁴These were the paternal heads of the Levites in their genealogies as heads, and they lived in Jerusalem, ³⁵and the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, lived in Gibeon, and his wife's name was Maachah, ³⁶and there was his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur and Kish and Baal and Ner and Nadab, ³⁷and Gedor and Ahio and Zechariah and Mikloth. ³⁸And Mikloth begot Shimam. And they also lived opposite their brothers in Jerusalem, with their brothers. ³⁹And Ner begot Kish, and Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan and Malchi-Shua and Abinadab and Eshbaal. ⁴⁰And the son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal, and Meri-Baal begot Micah. ⁴¹And the sons of Micah were Pithon and Melech and Tahrea. ⁴²And Ahaz begot Jarah, and Jarah begot Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri, and Zimri begot Moza. ⁴³And Moza begot Bina and Rephaiah his son, Elasah his son and Azel his son. ⁴⁴And Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, Bocheru and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan. These were Azel's sons.