23. There was, in fact, a command of the king regarding them, and an ordinance regulating the singers’ daily tasks.
24. Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.
25. As for the farming settlements with their fields:Some of Judah’s descendants lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages,Dibon and its villages, and Jekabzeel and its villages;
26. in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth-pelet,
27. Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba and its villages;
28. in Ziklag and Meconah and its villages;