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Nehemiah 11:17-23 English Standard Version (ESV)

17. and Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader of the praise, who gave thanks, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers; and Abda the son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.

18. All the Levites in the holy city were 284.

19. The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brothers, who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

20. And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

21. But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.

22. The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the work of the house of God.

23. For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a fixed provision for the singers, as every day required.