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1 Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one from ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city; and nine were the hands in the towns.
2 And the people blessed all the ones volunteering to live in Jerusalem.
3 And these are the leaders of the province who lived in Jerusalem (some of the Israelites, the priests, and the Levites, and the temple servants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon lived in the towns of Judah, each on his property in their towns,
4 but others lived in Jerusalem): From the sons of Judah and from the sons of Benjamin. From the sons of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah son of Zechariah son of Amariah son of Shephatiah son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez.
5 And Maaseiah son of Baruch son of Kol- Hozeh son of Hazaiah son of Adaiah son of Joiarib son of Zechariah, son of the Shilonite.
6 All the sons of Perez living in Jerusalem: 468 men of valor.
7 And these sons of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam son of Joed son of Pedaiah son of Kolaiah son of Maaseiah son of Ithiel son of Jeshaiah,
8 and following him, Gabbai, Sallai, 928.
9 And Joel son of Zichri was an overseer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
10 From the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jakin,
11 Seraiah son of Hilkiah son of Meshullam son of Zadok son of Meraioth son of Ahitub, governor of the house of God,
12 and their brothers were doing the work for the house, 822; and Adaiah son of Jeroham son of Pelaliah son of Amzi son of Zechariah son of Pashhur son of Malkijah.
13 And his brothers were patriarchal heads, 242; and Amashsai son of Azarel son of Ahzai son of Meshillemoth son of Immer,
14 and their brothers, strongmen of valor, 128; and the overseer over them was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.
15 And from the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub son of Azrikam son of Hashabiah son of Bunni,
16 and Shabbethai and Jozabad over the work of the outside of the house of God, from the heads of the Levites.
17 And Mattaniah son of Mika son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, head of the beginning of the thanksgiving prayer, and Bakbukiah, second among his brothers, and Abda son of Shammua son of Galal son of Jeduthun.
18 All the Levites in the holy city: 284.
19 And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers guarding at the gates: 172.
20 And the remainder of Israel, the priests, the Levites; in all the towns of Judah, each man was on his own allotment.
21 And the temple servants lived in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were over the temple servants.
22 And the supervisor over the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani son of Hashabiah son of Mattaniah son of Mika, from the sons of Asaph, singers before the work of the house of God,
23 the instruction of the king being on them, even strictly for the singers, as each day required.
24 And Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, from the sons of Zerah son of Judah, was at hand to the king in all matters of the people.
25 And for the settlements among their fields, those of the sons of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its villages, and in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and her settlements,
26 and in Jeshua, and Moladah, and in Beth Pelet,
27 and in Hazar Shual, and in Beersheba, and her villages.
28 and in Ziklag, and Mekonah, and her villages,
29 and in Enrimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth,
30 Zanoah, Adullam, and their settlements, Lachish and her fields, Azekah and her villages. And they encamped from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.
31 And the sons of Benjamin from Geba, Mikmash and Aija, and Bethel and her villages,
32 Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen.
36 And some of the Levites, assigned to Judah, in Benjamin.
The Book of Nehemiah