16. Shabbethai and Jozabad, two of the heads of the Levites, who had charge of the outside work of the house of God;
17. Mattaniah son of Mika, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the director who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
18. The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.
19. The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
20. The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each on their ancestral property.
21. The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them.