1 The leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one in ten of them to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine stayed in the other towns.
2 The people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
3 These are the heads of the province who settled in Jerusalem, though in the towns of Judah each person lived on his own property in their towns: Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon's servants.
4 Some of the people of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem. From Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of the descendants 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 The descendants of Perez living in Jerusalem totaled four hundred and sixty-eight able men.
7 From Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah;
8 and following him Gabbai and Sallai, nine hundred and twenty-eight.
9 Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in command of the city.
10 Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin,
11 Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the officer in charge of the house of God,
12 and their brothers who did the work in the temple, eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah,
13 and his brothers, heads of fathers' houses, two hundred and forty-two; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
14 and their brothers, able warriors, a hundred and twenty-eight. Their officer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.
15 Of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
16 and Shabbethai and Jozabad, two of the leaders of the Levites, who had charge of the outside work of the house of God;
17 and Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, the leader who started the thanksgiving in prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his brothers; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
18 The Levites in the holy city totaled two hundred and eighty-four.
19 The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, who stood guard at the gates, numbered a hundred and seventy-two.
20 The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each on his own inheritance.
21 The temple servants lived on Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa in charge of them.
22 The officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, one of Asaph's descendants, the singers responsible for the service of the house of God.
23 They were under a royal order that regulated the singers' daily activities.
24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king's agent in every matter concerning the people.
25 As for the villages and their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its towns, Dibon and its towns, and Jekabzeel and its villages,
26 in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth-pelet,
27 in Hazar-shual, in Beersheba and its towns,
28 in Ziklag, in Meconah and its towns,
29 in En-rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth,
30 Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its towns. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.
31 The people of Benjamin lived from Geba onward, in Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its towns,
32 Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35 Lod, and Ono, the Valley of Craftsmen.
36 Some of the divisions of the Levites from Judah were assigned to Benjamin.