Nehemiah 11:3-22

3 aNow these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah beach lived on his own property in their cities— the
Lit Israel
Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the
Heb Nethinim
,
etemple servants and the
Lit sons
,
gdescendants of Solomon’s servants.
4Some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez; 5and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite. 6All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 able men.

7Now these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah; 8and after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928. 9Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second
Lit over
in command of the city.

10From the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, 11Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the leader of the house of God, 12and their
Lit brothers, and so throughout the ch
kinsmen who performed the work of the
Lit house
temple, 822; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
13and his kinsmen, heads of fathers’ households, 242; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, 14and their brothers, valiant warriors, 128. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of
Or the great ones
Haggedolim.

15Now from the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; 16and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the
Lit heads
leaders of the Levites, who were
Lit over
in charge of nthe outside work of the house of God;
17and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of
In 1 Chr 9:15, Zichri
Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the
Lit head
leader in beginning the thanksgiving at prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and
In 1 Chr 9:16, Obadiah
Abda the son of
In 1 Chr 9:16, Shemaiah
Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.
18All the Levites in sthe holy city were 284.

19Also the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren who kept watch at the gates, were 172.

Outside Jerusalem

20The rest of Israel, of the priests and of the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each ton his own inheritance. 21But uthe temple servants were living in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were
Lit over
in charge of the temple servants.

22Now wthe overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph, who were the singers for the
Or work
service of the house of God.
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