17. Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, the director who led the thanksgiving prayer. Also Bakbukiah, second among his relatives, and then Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
18. In all there were 284 Levites in the holy city.
19. Also there were 172 gatekeepers Akkub, Talmon and their brothers—who kept watch at the gates.
20. The rest of Israel, the kohanim, and the Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each in his own inheritance.
21. But the Temple servants dwelt on the Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa over the Temple servants.
22. The one in charge over the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph who were singers responsible for the service in the House of God.
23. The king’s command concerning them was to provide regular daily support for the singers.
24. Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, from the descendants of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king’s agent for any matter concerning the people.
25. Now as for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah dwelt in Kiriat-arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, in Jekabzeel and its villages,