17. Mattaniah the son of Mika, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the first to begin the thanksgiving at prayer, Bakbukiah was the second out of his relatives, and then 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 gatekeepers,Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives who kept watch at the gates, were one hundred and seventy-two.
20. The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the cities of Judah, every one tending to his own inheritance.
21. But the temple servants lived in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were over them.