Lexham English Bible

Nehemiah 11:18-30 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

18. All of the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.

19. The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, the keepers of the gates, one hundred and seventy-two.

20. And the remainder of Israel, the priests and the Levites, in all of the cities of Judah, each in his inheritance.

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

22. The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, from the descendants of Asaph, the singers over the work of the house of God.

23. For there was a command of the king concerning them and a regulation concerning the singers, required day by day.

24. And Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, from the descendants of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the hand of the king in all matters concerning the people.

25. As for the villages in their territories, some from the descendants of Judah lived in Kiriath-Arba and its settlements, Dibon and its settlements, Jekabzeel and its settlements,

26. Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet,

27. Hazar Shual, Beersheba and its settlements,

28. Ziklad, Meconah and its settlements,

29. En-Rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuch,

30. Zanoah, Adullam and their settlements, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its settlements. So they camped from Beersheba up to the Valley of Hinnom.