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The rest of the Israelites, priests, and Levites lived in all the cities of Judah. Everyone lived on his own inherited property.
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But the temple servants lived on Mount Ophel with Ziha and Gishpa in charge of them.
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The man in charge of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi, who was the son of Bani, who was the son of Hashabiah, who was the son of Mattaniah, who was the son of Mica from Asaph's descendants who were the singers in charge of worship in God's temple.
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They were under orders from the king, orders that determined which duties they should perform day by day.
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Pethahiah, son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah, Judah's son, was the king's adviser on all matters concerning the people.
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Many people lived in villages that had fields. Some people of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its villages, in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its villages,
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in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth Pelet,
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in Hazar Shual, in Beersheba and its villages,
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in Ziklag, and in Meconah and its villages,
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in En Rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,
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Zanoah, and Adullam and their villages, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled in the land from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.