Time Passes; Heads of Provinces
1
Now the
leaders of the
people lived in
Jerusalem, but the
rest of the
people cast lots to
bring one out of
ten to
live in
Jerusalem, the
holy city, while
nine-tenths remained in the other
cities.
7
Now
these are the
sons of
Benjamin :
Sallu the
son of
Meshullam, the
son of
Joed, the
son of
Pedaiah, the
son of
Kolaiah, the
son of
Maaseiah, the
son of
Ithiel, the
son of
Jeshaiah ;
9
Joel the
son of
Zichri was their
overseer, and
Judah the
son of
Hassenuah was
second in
command of the
city.
11
Seraiah the
son of
Hilkiah, the
son of
Meshullam, the
son of
Zadok, the
son of
Meraioth, the
son of
Ahitub, the
leader of the
house of
God,
12
and their
kinsmen who
performed the
work of the
temple,
822 * * * ; and
Adaiah the
son of
Jeroham, the
son of
Pelaliah, the
son of
Amzi, the
son of
Zechariah, the
son of
Pashhur, the
son of
Malchijah,
13
and his
kinsmen,
heads of
fathers' households,
242 * * ; and
Amashsai the
son of
Azarel, the
son of
Ahzai, the
son of
Meshillemoth, the
son of
Immer,
15
Now from the
Levites :
Shemaiah the
son of
Hasshub, the
son of
Azrikam, the
son of
Hashabiah, the
son of
Bunni ;
16
and
Shabbethai and
Jozabad, from the
leaders of the
Levites, who were in
charge of the
outside work of the
house of
God ;
18
All the
Levites in the
holy city were
284 * *.
19
Also the
gatekeepers,
Akkub,
Talmon and their
brethren who
kept watch at the
gates, were
172 * *.
Outside Jerusalem
20
The
rest of
Israel, of the
priests and of the
Levites, were in
all the
cities of
Judah,
each on his own
inheritance.
22
Now the
overseer of the
Levites in
Jerusalem was
Uzzi the
son of
Bani, the
son of
Hashabiah, the
son of
Mattaniah, the
son of
Mica, from the
sons of
Asaph, who were the
singers for the
service of the
house of
God.
23
For there was a
commandment from the
king concerning them and a
firm regulation for the
song leaders day by
day.
25
Now as for the
villages with their
fields,
some of the
sons of
Judah lived in
Kiriath-arba and its
towns, in
Dibon and its
towns, and in
Jekabzeel and its
villages,
27
and in
Hazar-shual, in
Beersheba and its
towns,
28
and in
Ziklag, in
Meconah and in its
towns,
29
and in
En-rimmon, in
Zorah and in
Jarmuth,
31
The
sons of
Benjamin also lived from
Geba onward, at
Michmash and
Aija, at
Bethel and its
towns,
36
From the
Levites, some
divisions in
Judah belonged to
Benjamin.