Nehemiah 11:3-22 — Legacy Standard Bible

³^aNow these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah ^beach lived in his own possession in their cities—¹the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the ²^,^ctemple servants, and the ^dsons of Solomon’s servants. ⁴And some 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, from 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 valiant 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 ¹relatives who did the work of the ²house, 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 relatives, 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 relatives, mighty men of valor, 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 ¹chiefs of the Levites, who were over ^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 ²chief in beginning the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his relatives; and ³Abda the son of ⁴Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

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

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

Villages Outside Jerusalem

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

²²Now ^athe 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 ¹over the work of the house of God.