Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
18 In all, 284 Levites lived in the holy city of Jerusalem.
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The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.
19 [Temple guards:] Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, 172 in all.
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The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
20 The rest of the people of Israel and the remaining priests and Levites lived on their own property in the other cities and towns of Judah.
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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 workers lived in the part of Jerusalem called Ophel and worked under the supervision of Ziha and Gishpa.
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The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them.
22 The supervisor of the Levites who lived in Jerusalem was Uzzi, the son of Bani and grandson of Hashabiah. His ancestors included Mattaniah and Mica, and he belonged to the clan of Asaph, the clan that was responsible for the music in the Temple services.
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The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mika. Uzzi was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the musicians responsible for the service of the house of God.
23 There were royal regulations stating how the clans should take turns in leading the Temple music each day.
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The musicians were under the king’s orders, which regulated their daily activity.
24 Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the clan of Zerah and the tribe of Judah, represented the people of Israel at the Persian court.
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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 Many of the people lived in towns near their farms. Those who were of the tribe of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba, Dibon, and Jekabzeel, and in the villages near these cities.
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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 They also lived in the cities of Jeshua, Moladah, Bethpelet,
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in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth Pelet,
27 and Hazarshual, and in Beersheba and the villages around it.
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in Hazar Shual, in Beersheba and its settlements,
28 They lived in the city of Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages,
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in Ziklag, in Mekonah and its settlements,
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