16. Shabbethai and Jozabad, levitical chiefs who were placed over the external affairs of the house of God;
17. Mattaniah, son of Micah, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, director of the psalms, who led the thanksgiving at prayer; Bakbukiah, second in rank among his kinsmen; and Abda, son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
18. The total of the Levites in the holy city was two hundred and eighty-four.
19. The gatekeepers were Akkub, Talmon, and their kinsmen, who kept watch over the gates; one hundred and seventy-two in number.
20. The rest of Israel, including priests and Levites, were in all the other cities of Judah in their own inheritances.
21. The temple servants lived on Ophel. Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of the temple servants.