Nehemiah 11:3–22

³These are the heads of the province who stayed in Jerusalem^ae (but in the villages of Judah each lived on his own property in their towns^af—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants^ag—⁴while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem):

Judah’s^a descendants:

Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, of Perez’s descendants; ⁵and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, a descendant of the Shilonite. ⁶The total number of Perez’s descendants, who settled in Jerusalem, was 468 capable men.

⁷These were Benjamin’s descendants:

Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah, ⁸and after him Gabbai and Sallai: 928. ⁹Joel son of Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in command over the city.

¹⁰The priests:

Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin, and ¹¹Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple, ¹²and their relatives who did the work at the temple: 822. Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah ¹³and his relatives, the heads of families: 242. Amashsai son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer, ¹⁴and their relatives, capable men: 128. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim, was their chief.

¹⁵The Levites:

Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni; ¹⁶and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the heads of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God; ¹⁷Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, the one^A who began the thanksgiving in prayer;^b Bakbukiah, second among his relatives; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.^{c 18}All the Levites in the holy city:^d 284.

¹⁹The gatekeepers:

Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives, who guarded the city gates: 172.

²⁰The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inherited property.^{e 21}The temple servants lived on Ophel;^f Ziha and Gishpa supervised the temple servants.

THE LEVITES AND PRIESTS

²²The leader of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, of the descendants of Asaph, who were singers for the service of God’s house.