Nehemiah 11:3–19

^3aNow 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 ¹Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the ^2ctemple servants and the ^3ddescendants 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 ¹in 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 ¹kinsmen who performed the work of the ²temple, 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 ¹Haggedolim.

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 ¹leaders of the Levites, who were ²in charge of ^athe outside work of the house of God;

¹⁷and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of ¹Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the ²leader in beginning the thanksgiving at prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and ³Abda the son of ⁴Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

¹⁸All the Levites in ^athe holy city were 284.

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