Nehemiah 11 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem. The rest of the people to bring one out of every ten to live in Jerusalem, the while the remaining nine stayed in the other towns.
The people everyone who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem (though most Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon's servants lived in the towns of Judah, each on their own property):
From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, son of Zechariah, son of Amariah, son of Shephatiah, son of Mahalalel, from the descendants of Perez;
and Maaseiah son of Baruch, son of Col-hozeh, son of Hazaiah, son of Adaiah, son of Joiarib, son of Zechariah, from the Shilonite clan.
The total descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem: 468 capable men.
From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah,
and his relatives Gabbai and Sallai: 928 in all.
Joel son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in command over the city.
From the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin,
Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the of the of
and their relatives who carried out work at the temple: 822. Also, Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pelaliah, son of Amzi, son of Zechariah, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah,
and his relatives, heads of families: 242. Also, Amashsai son of Azarel, son of Ahzai, son of Meshillemoth, son of Immer,
and their relatives, 128. Their overseer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim.
From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, son of Bunni;
Shabbethai and Jozabad, two of the Levite leaders, were in charge of the outside work of the house of God;
Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zabdi, son of Asaph, the director who led the prayer; Bakbukiah, the second among his relatives; and Abda son of Shammua, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun.
The total number of Levites in the set-apart city was 284.
The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their relatives who guarded the gates: 172.
The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each on their own ancestral property.
The temple servants lived on Ophel; Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of the temple servants.
The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, son of Hashabiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Mica, from the descendants of Asaph, the singers responsible for the service of the house of God.
There was a concerning the singers, specifying their daily duties.
Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, from the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, served as the king's agent in all matters concerning the people.
As for the settlements with their surrounding fields: some people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its villages, in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its villages,
in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth-pelet,
Hazar-shual, Beersheba and its villages,
in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages,
in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,
Zanoah, Adullam and their villages, Lachish and its fields, and Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the of
The descendants of Benjamin settled from Geba onward, in Michmas, Aija, Bethel and its villages,
Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,
Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,
Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Lod, Ono, and the of the
Some divisions of the Levites from Judah were assigned to Benjamin.