18. The Levites in the holy city were 284.
19. The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, who kept watch, were 172.
20. And the rest of Israel, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each in his inheritance.
21. But the temple servants dwelt on [the hill] Ophel; Ziha and Gishpa were over [them].
22. Overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem and the work of God's house was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of Asaph's sons, the singers.
23. For the [Persian] king had ordered concerning them that a certain provision be made for the singers, as each day required.
24. Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.