17
And Mattaniah, the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph,
was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer; and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren, and Abda, the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
18
All the Levites in the holy city
were two hundred and eighty-four.
19
Moreover, the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, guards at the gates,
were one hundred and seventy-two.
20
And the residue of Israel, of the priests
and the Levites,
were in all the cities of Judah, each one in his inheritance.
21
And the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, {Heb. the fortress}, and Ziha and Gispa
were over the Nethinims.
22
The overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem
was Uzzi, the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha of singers, the sons of Asaph, over the work of the house of God.
23
For
there was a commandment of the king concerning them and a determination of the singers for each day.
24
And Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabeel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah,
was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.
25
And
regarding the villages with their lands,
some of the sons of Judah dwelt in Kirjatharba and
in its villages and in Dibon and
in its villages and in Jekabzeel and
in its villages,
26
and in Jeshua and in Moladah and in Bethphelet
27
and in Hazarshual and in Beersheba and
in its villages