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The New Residents of Jerusalem

¹Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem. The rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten of them to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the remaining nine were to stay in their own towns. ²The people commended all who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
³These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem (now some Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants and descendants of Solomon’s servants lived in the towns of Judah, each on their own property in the various towns, ⁴while other people from both Judah and Benjamin lived in Jerusalem):
From the descendants of Judah:
Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez; ⁵and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Kol-Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, a descendant of Shelah. ⁶The descendants of Perez who lived in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of standing.
⁷From 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, ⁸and his followers, Gabbai and Sallai—928 men. ⁹Joel son of Zikri was their chief officer, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the New Quarter of the city.
¹⁰From the priests:
Jedaiah; the son of Joiarib; Jakin; ¹¹Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the official in charge of the house of God, ¹²and their associates, who carried on work for the temple—822 men; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah, ¹³and his associates, who were heads of families—242 men; Amashsai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, ¹⁴and his⚓ associates, who were men of standing—128. Their chief officer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.
¹⁵From the Levites:
Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; ¹⁶Shabbethai and Jozabad, two of the heads of the Levites, who had charge of the outside work of the house of God; ¹⁷Mattaniah son of Mika, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the director who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his associates; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. ¹⁸The Levites in the holy city totaled 284.
¹⁹The gatekeepers:
Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
²⁰The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each on their ancestral property.
²¹The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them.
²²The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mika. Uzzi was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the musicians responsible for the service of the house of God. ²³The musicians were under the king’s orders, which regulated their daily activity.
²⁴Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agent in all affairs relating to the people.
²⁵As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its surrounding settlements, in Dibon and its settlements, in Jekabzeel and its villages, ²⁶in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth Pelet, ²⁷in Hazar Shual, in Beersheba and its settlements, ²⁸in Ziklag, in Mekonah and its settlements, ²⁹in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth, ³⁰Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its settlements. So they were living all the way from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom.
³¹The descendants of the Benjamites from Geba lived in Mikmash, Aija, Bethel and its settlements, ³²in Anathoth, Nob and Ananiah, ³³in Hazor, Ramah and Gittaim, ³⁴in Hadid, Zeboim and Neballat, ³⁵in Lod and Ono, and in Ge Harashim.
³⁶Some of the divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.

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住在耶路撒冷的人

¹百姓的領袖住在耶路撒冷。其餘的百姓抽籤，每十人中選一人來住在聖城耶路撒冷，另外九人住在別的城鎮。 ²凡甘心樂意住在耶路撒冷的，百姓都為他們祝福。
³以色列人、祭司、利未人、殿役和所羅門僕人的後裔都住在猶大的城鎮，各在自己城內的地業中。本省的領袖住在耶路撒冷的如下： ⁴住在耶路撒冷的有一些猶大人和便雅憫人。猶大人中有法勒斯的子孫亞他雅；亞他雅是烏西雅的兒子，烏西雅是撒迦利雅的兒子，撒迦利雅是亞瑪利雅的兒子，亞瑪利雅是示法提雅的兒子，示法提雅是瑪勒列的兒子； ⁵又有瑪西雅；瑪西雅是巴錄的兒子，巴錄是谷‧何西的兒子，谷‧何西是哈賽雅的兒子，哈賽雅是亞大雅的兒子，亞大雅是約雅立的兒子，約雅立是撒迦利雅的兒子，撒迦利雅是示羅尼的兒子； ⁶住在耶路撒冷所有法勒斯的子孫共四百六十八名，都是勇士。
⁷便雅憫人中有撒路；撒路是米書蘭的兒子，米書蘭是約葉的兒子，約葉是毗大雅的兒子，毗大雅是哥賴雅的兒子，哥賴雅是瑪西雅的兒子，瑪西雅是以鐵的兒子，以鐵是耶篩亞的兒子； ⁸其次有迦拜、撒來，共九百二十八名。 ⁹細基利的兒子約珥是他們的長官；哈西努亞的兒子猶大是耶路撒冷的副長官。
¹⁰祭司中有約雅立的兒子耶大雅，又有雅斤， ¹¹還有管理上帝殿的西萊雅；西萊雅是希勒家的兒子，希勒家是米書蘭的兒子，米書蘭是撒督的兒子，撒督是米拉約的兒子，米拉約是亞希突的兒子； ¹²還有他們的弟兄在殿裏供職的，共八百二十二名；又有亞大雅；亞大雅是耶羅罕的兒子，耶羅罕是毗拉利的兒子，毗拉利是暗洗的兒子，暗洗是撒迦利亞的兒子，撒迦利亞是巴施戶珥的兒子，巴施戶珥是瑪基雅的兒子； ¹³還有他的弟兄作族長的，共二百四十二名；又有亞瑪帥；亞瑪帥是亞薩列的兒子，亞薩列是亞哈賽的兒子，亞哈賽是米實利末的兒子，米實利末是音麥的兒子； ¹⁴還有他們的弟兄，大能的勇士共一百二十八名；哈基多琳的兒子撒巴第業是他們的長官。
¹⁵利未人中有示瑪雅；示瑪雅是哈述的兒子，哈述是押利甘的兒子，押利甘是哈沙比雅的兒子，哈沙比雅是布尼的兒子； ¹⁶又有利未人的族長沙比太和約撒拔管理上帝殿外面的事務； ¹⁷祈禱的時候，瑪他尼是主禮，開始稱謝；瑪他尼是米迦的兒子，米迦是撒底的兒子，撒底是亞薩的兒子；又有瑪他尼弟兄中的八布迦為副；還有押大；押大是沙母亞的兒子，沙母亞是加拉的兒子，加拉是耶杜頓的兒子； ¹⁸在聖城所有的利未人共二百八十四名。
¹⁹門口的守衛是亞谷和達們，以及他們的弟兄，看守各門，共一百七十二名。 ²⁰其餘的以色列人、祭司、利未人都住在猶大一切的城鎮，各在自己的地業中。 ²¹殿役卻住在俄斐勒；西哈和基斯帕管理他們。
²²在耶路撒冷，利未人的長官，管理上帝殿事務的是歌唱者亞薩的子孫烏西；烏西是巴尼的兒子，巴尼是哈沙比雅的兒子，哈沙比雅是瑪他尼的兒子，瑪他尼是米迦的兒子。 ²³王為歌唱者下命令，確定他們每日當辦的事⚓。 ²⁴猶大的兒子謝拉的子孫，米示薩別的兒子毗他希雅輔助王辦理百姓一切的事。

住在其他城鎮的人

²⁵至於村莊和所屬的田地，有猶大人住在基列‧亞巴和所屬的鄉鎮⚓、底本和所屬的鄉鎮、葉甲薛和所屬的村莊、 ²⁶耶書亞、摩拉大、伯‧帕列、 ²⁷哈薩‧書亞、別是巴和所屬的鄉鎮、 ²⁸洗革拉、米哥拿和所屬的鄉鎮、 ²⁹隱‧臨門、瑣拉、耶末、 ³⁰撒挪亞、亞杜蘭和屬它們的村莊、拉吉和所屬的田地、亞西加和所屬的鄉鎮；他們所住的地方是從別是巴直到欣嫩谷。 ³¹便雅憫人從迦巴起，住在密抹、亞雅、伯特利和所屬的鄉鎮、 ³²亞拿突、挪伯、亞難雅、 ³³夏瑣、拉瑪、基他音、 ³⁴哈第、洗編、尼八拉、 ³⁵羅德、阿挪、革‧夏納欣。 ³⁶在猶大地區的利未人中，有些已歸屬便雅憫。