23. The singers were under the king’s orders, which regulated them day by 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. They lived in Kiriath Arba and its surroundings, in Dibon and its surroundings, in Jekabzeel and its surroundings,
26. in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet,
27. Hazar Shual, Beersheba and its surroundings,