15. The Levites:Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni;
16. and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;
17. Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, the leader who began the thanksgiving in prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his relatives; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
18. All the Levites in the holy city: 284.
19. The gatekeepers:Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who guarded the gates: 172.
20. The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inherited property.
21. The temple servants lived on Ophel; Ziha and Gishpa supervised the temple servants.
22. The leader of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the descendants of Asaph, who were singers for the service of God’s house.
23. There was, in fact, a command of the king regarding them, and an ordinance regulating the singers’ daily tasks.
24. Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.
25. As for the farming settlements with their fields:Some of Judah’s descendants lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages,Dibon and its villages, and Jekabzeel and its villages;
26. in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth-pelet,
27. Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba and its villages;
28. in Ziklag and Meconah and its villages;