23. The musicians were under the king’s orders, which regulated their daily activity.
24. Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in all affairs relating to the people.
25. As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its surrounding settlements, in Dibon and its settlements, in Jekabzeel and its villages,
26. in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth Pelet,
27. in Hazar Shual, in Beersheba and its settlements,
28. in Ziklag, in Mekonah and its settlements,