3Here is a list of the names of the provincial officials who came to live in Jerusalem. (Most of the people, priests, Levites, Temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants continued to live in their own homes in the various towns of Judah,

4but some of the people from Judah and Benjamin resettled in Jerusalem.)

20The other priests, Levites, and the rest of the Israelites lived wherever their family inheritance was located in any of the towns of Judah.

21The Temple servants, however, whose leaders were Ziha and Gishpa, all lived on the hill of Ophel.

22The chief officer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, a descendant of Asaph, whose family served as singers at God’s Temple.

23Their daily responsibilities were carried out according to the terms of a royal command.

24Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the royal adviser in all matters of public administration.

25As for the surrounding villages with their open fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba with its settlements, Dibon with its settlements, and Jekabzeel with its villages.

26They also lived in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth-pelet,

27Hazar-shual, Beersheba with its settlements,

28Ziklag, and Meconah with its settlements.

29They also lived in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,

30Zanoah, and Adullam with their surrounding villages. They also lived in Lachish with its nearby fields and Azekah with its surrounding villages. So the people of Judah were living all the way from Beersheba in the south to the valley of Hinnom.

31Some of the people of Benjamin lived at Geba, Micmash, Aija, and Bethel with its settlements.

32They also lived in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

33Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

34Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

35Lod, Ono, and the Valley of Craftsmen.11:35 Or and Ge-harashim.

36Some of the Levites who lived in Judah were sent to live with the tribe of Benjamin.