^11:3These are the provincial leaders³ who settled in Jerusalem. (While other Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple attendants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon settled in the cities of Judah, each on his own property in their cities, ^11:4some of the descendants of Judah and some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.)

Of the descendants of Judah:

Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, from the descendants of Perez; ^11:5and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, from the descendants of Shelah.⁴^11:6The sum total of the descendants of Perez who were settling in Jerusalem was 468 exceptional men.

^11:7These are the descendants of Benjamin:

Sallu 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, ^11:8and his followers,⁵ Gabbai and Sallai—928 in all. ^11:9Joel son of Zicri was the officer in charge of them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second-in-command over the city.

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Footnotes

3 Heb “the heads of the province.”
4 The translation reads מִן־הַשֵּׁלָנִי (min hashelani, “from the Shelahite”) rather than the reading בֶּן־הַשִּׁלֹנִי (ben hashiloni, “the son of the Shilionite”). See 1 Chr 9:5.
5 Heb “those behind him.” Some scholars emend the text to וְאֶחָיו (vé’ekhayv, “his brothers”).