¹And the officials among the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people cast lots for bringing one in ten to live in Jerusalem – the holy city – whereas nine out of ten would be in the cities. ²And the people blessed all the men who were willing to live in Jerusalem. ³And these were the heads of the province who lived in Jerusalem, whereas in the cities of Judah, each man lived on his estate in their cities, these people being Israel, the priests and the Levites and the temple-servants and the sons of Solomon's servants. ⁴And in Jerusalem there lived some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin. Of the sons of Judah were Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, he being of the sons of Perez, ⁵and 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 Shiloni. ⁶All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem amounted to four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men. ⁷And these were 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 Isaiah, ⁸and after him, Gabbai and Sallai – nine hundred and twenty-eight in all. ⁹And Joel the son of Zichri was superintendent over them, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second in charge of the city. ¹⁰From the priests were Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, ¹¹Seraiah 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 – ¹²with their brothers who carried out the work on the house who were eight hundred and twenty-two in number, 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, ¹³and his brothers the paternal heads – two hundred and forty-two in number – and Amashsai, the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, ¹⁴and their brothers – valiant warriors – one hundred and twenty-eight in number. And the superintendent over them was Zabdiel, a son of the great ones. ¹⁵And from the Levites was Shemaiah the son of Hashshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni. ¹⁶And Shabbethai and Jozabad from the heads of the Levites were in charge of the exterior work on the house of God. ¹⁷And Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was head – at the start he would give thanks in prayer – and Bakbukiah was assistant head among his brothers, with Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. ¹⁸All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four in number. ¹⁹And the gatekeepers, Akkub and Talmon and their brothers who guarded the gates were one hundred and seventy-two in number. ²⁰And the rest of Israel and the Levite priests were in all the cities of Judah, each in his inheritance. ²¹And the temple-servants lived in the Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of the temple-servants. ²²And the superintendent of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micah. The singers were from the sons of Asaph, appointed for the work of the house of God. ²³For a commandment from the king had been imposed on them, as had an obligation on the singers as a daily undertaking. ²⁴And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel from the sons of Zerah the son of Judah was at the king's side in every matter of the people. ²⁵And some of the sons of Judah lived in the outlying areas in their countryside, in Kiriath-Arba and its satellite villages, and in Dibon and its satellite villages, and in Jekabzeel and its outlying areas, ²⁶and in Jeshua and in Moladah and in Beth-Pelet, ²⁷and in Hazar-Shual and in Beersheba and its satellite villages, ²⁸and in Ziklag and in Mekonah and its satellite villages, ²⁹and in En-Rimmon and in Zareah and in Jarmuth, ³⁰Zanoah, Adullam and their outlying areas, Lachish and its countryside, and Azekah and its satellite villages. And they encamped in places from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom. ³¹And the sons of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmas and Aijah and Beth-El and its satellite villages, ³²and in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, ³³Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, ³⁴Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, ³⁵Lod and Ono and the Valley of the Craftsmen. ³⁶And among the Levites were divisions of Judah assigned to Benjamin.