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 totalled 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 his11:14 Most Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew their 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 totalled 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 Benjaminites 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.
住在耶路撒冷的人
1民眾的首領住在耶路撒冷。其餘的人用抽籤的方式抽出十分之一的人口住在聖城耶路撒冷，剩下的人則住在其他城邑。 2眾人為所有自願住在耶路撒冷的人祝福。
3-4以色列人、祭司、利未人、殿役和所羅門僕人的子孫住在猶大各城自己的家中，有些來自猶大和便雅憫的人住在耶路撒冷。以下是住在耶路撒冷的猶大省首領：
猶大人中有法勒斯的子孫、烏西雅的兒子亞他雅。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此外還有巴錄的兒子瑪西雅。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住在耶路撒冷的法勒斯的子孫共有四百六十八人，都是勇士。
7便雅憫人中有米書蘭的兒子撒路。米書蘭是約葉的兒子，約葉是毗大雅的兒子，毗大雅是歌賴雅的兒子，歌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此外還有迦拜、撒來的子孫共九百二十八人。 9細基利的兒子約珥是他們的監督，哈西努亞的兒子猶大是耶路撒冷的副官。
10祭司中有雅斤，約雅立的兒子耶大雅， 11以及管理上帝殿的希勒迦的兒子西萊雅。希勒迦是米書蘭的兒子，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還有他們在殿裡供職的弟兄八百二十二人；還有耶羅罕的兒子亞大雅，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還有他們做族長的弟兄二百四十二人；還有亞薩列的兒子亞瑪帥，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還有他們英勇的弟兄一百二十八人。他們的監督是哈基多琳的兒子撒巴第業。
15利未人中有哈述的兒子示瑪雅。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還有利未人的族長沙比太和約撒拔，他們負責上帝殿外面的事務。 17還有米迦的兒子瑪他尼，他是帶領禱告和讚美的。米迦是撒底的兒子，撒底是亞薩的兒子。還有他的助手瑪他尼的弟兄八布迦。此外，還有沙姆亞的兒子押大。沙姆亞是加拉的兒子，加拉是耶杜頓的兒子。 18在聖城的利未人共有二百八十四名。
19殿門守衛有亞谷和達們，還有他們做殿門守衛的弟兄一百七十二人。 20其他以色列人、祭司和利未人住在猶大各城自己的地方。 21殿役住在俄斐勒，他們的首領是西哈和基斯帕。
22在耶路撒冷的利未人的監督是巴尼的兒子烏西，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，烏西是亞薩的子孫，亞薩的子孫是負責聖殿事務的歌樂手。 23歌樂手每天應盡的責任由王決定。 24猶大的兒子謝拉的子孫、米示薩別的兒子毗他希雅幫助王處理民眾的事務。
住在其他城邑的人
25至於村莊及其周圍的田地，一些猶大人住在基列·亞巴、底本、葉甲薛和它們周圍的村莊， 26耶書亞、摩拉大、伯·帕列、 27哈薩·書亞、別示巴和別示巴周圍的村莊， 28洗革拉、米哥拿和米哥拿周圍的村莊， 29音·臨門、瑣拉、耶末、 30撒挪亞、亞杜蘭和它們周圍的村莊，拉吉及其周圍的田地，亞西加及其周圍的村莊。他們居住的地方從別示巴一直延伸到欣嫩谷。
31便雅憫人住的地方由迦巴起直到密抹、亞雅、伯特利和伯特利周圍的村莊， 32亞拿突、挪伯、亞南雅、 33夏瑣、拉瑪、基他音、 34哈迭、洗編、尼八拉、 35羅德、阿挪和匠人之谷。 36一些原本住在猶大的利未人被安頓在便雅憫。
