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and Shab'bethai and Jo'zabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who were over the outside work of the house of God;
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and Mattani'ah the son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, who was the leader to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbuki'ah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Sham'mua, son of Galal, son of Jedu'thun.
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All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred and eighty-four.
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The gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren, who kept watch at the gates, were a hundred and seventy-two.
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And the rest of Israel, and of the priests and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, every one in his inheritance.
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But the temple servants lived on Ophel; and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.
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The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, son of Hashabi'ah, son of Mattani'ah, son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the work of the house of God.
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For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as every day required.
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And Pethahi'ah the son of Meshez'abel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people.
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And as for the villages, with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kir'iath-ar'ba and its villages, and in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekab'zeel and its villages,
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and in Jeshua and in Mola'dah and Beth-pelet,