22. Uzzi son of Bani was appointed over the Levites in Jerusalem. (Bani was the son of Hashabiah, who was the son of Mattaniah. Mattaniah was the son of Mica.) Uzzi was one of Asaph’s descendants. They were the singers. They were responsible for the service of the Temple.
23. The singers took orders from the king. Those orders told the singers what to do each day.
24. Pethahiah son of Meshezabel was the king’s spokesman. Meshezabel was a descendant of Zerah, the son of Judah.
25. Some of the people of Judah lived in villages with their surrounding fields. Some lived in Kiriath Arba and its surroundings. Some lived in Dibon and its surroundings. Some lived in Jekabzeel and its surroundings.
26. Others lived in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet,
27. Hazar Shual, Beersheba and its surroundings.
28. Others were in Ziklag and Meconah and its surroundings.
29. Some people lived in En Rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,
30. Zanoah, Adullam and their villages. Some were in Lachish and the fields around it. Some lived in Azekah and its surroundings. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.
31. The descendants of the Benjaminites from Geba lived in Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its surroundings.
32. They lived in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33. Hazor, Ramah and Gittaim.
34. They lived in Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35. Lod, Ono and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.
36. Some groups of the Levites from Judah settled in the land of Benjamin.