17. Mattaniah was the son of Mica, who was the son of Zabdi, who was the son of Asaph, the leader who led the prayer of thanksgiving. The Levite leader Bakbukiah was the second-in-command among his relatives; and so was Abda who was the son of Shammua, who was the son of Galal, who was the son of Jeduthum.
18. All the Levites in the holy city totaled 284.
19. These were the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives who guarded the gates totaled 172.
20. The rest of the Israelites, priests, and Levites lived in all the cities of Judah. Everyone lived on his own inherited property.
21. But the temple servants lived on Mount Ophel with Ziha and Gishpa in charge of them.
22. The man in charge of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi, who was the son of Bani, who was the son of Hashabiah, who was the son of Mattaniah, who was the son of Mica from Asaph’s descendants who were the singers in charge of worship in God’s temple.