1 The leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one of ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, and the other nine remained in other towns. 2 Then the people blessed all those who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem. 3 These are the provincial officials who lived in Jerusalem. However, in the towns of Judah everyone lived on his own land, including some Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon's servants. 4 In Jerusalem lived some of the descendants of Judah and some of the descendants of Benjamin. The people from Judah included: Athaiah son of Uzziah son of Zechariah son of Amariah son of Shephatiah son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez. 5 There was Maaseiah son of Baruch son of Kol-Hozeh son of Hazaiah son of Adaiah son of Joiarib son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite. 6 All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468. They were outstanding men. 7 These are 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, 8 and those following him, Gabbai and Sallai, 928 men. 9 Joel son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second in command over the city. 10 From the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jakin, 11 Seraiah son of Hilkiah son of Meshullam son of Zadok son of Meraioth son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God, 12 and their associates who did the work for the house, 822 men, along with Adaiah son of Jeroham son of Pelaliah son of Amzi son of Zechariah son of Pashhur son of Malchijah. 13 His brothers were heads of clans, 242 men; and Amashsai son of Azarel son of Ahzai son of Meshillemoth son of Immer, 14 and their brothers, 128 courageous fighting men; their overseer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim. 15 From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub son of Azrikam son of Hashabiah son of Bunni, 16 and Shabbethai and Jozabad, who were from the leaders of the Levites and were in charge of the outside work of the house of God. 17 There was Mattaniah son of Mika son of Zabdi, a descendant of Asaph, who was the director who began the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers, and Abda son of Shammua son of Galal son of Jeduthun. 18 All the Levites in the holy city numbered 284. 19 The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates, 172 men. 20 The remainder of Israel and of the priests and the Levites were in all the towns of Judah. Everyone lived on his own inherited property. 21 The temple workers lived in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of them. 22 The chief officer over the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani son of Hashabiah son of Mattaniah son of Mika, of the descendants of Asaph, singers over the work in the house of God. 23 They were under orders from the king, and firm orders were given for the singers as every day required. 24 Then Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was at the king's side in all matters concerning the people. 25 As for the villages and their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath Arba and its villages, and in Dibon and its villages, and in Jekabzeel and its villages, 26 and in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth Pelet, 27 Hazar Shual, and Beersheba and its villages. 28 Some of the people of Judah lived in Ziklag, Mekonah and its villages, 29 Enrimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth, 30 Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, and in Lachish its fields and Azekah and its villages. So they lived from Beersheba to the Valley of Hinnom. 31 The people of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Mikmash and Aija, at Bethel and its villages, 32 at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33 Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. 36 Some of the Levites who lived in Judah were assigned to the people of Benjamin.
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Abda
Son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, among the Levites who settled in Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:17
Adaiah
Son of Jeroham, among the priests who lived in Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:12
Adaiah
Ahitub
Named at the head of Azariah's priestly ancestry as the father of Meraioth, followed by the title "the chief official of God's temple"; the text gives no father.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11
Ahzai
Akkub
Gatekeeper who, with Talmon and their associates (172 men), kept watch at the gates; also a gatekeeper guarding the storerooms.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:19; Nehemiah 12:25
Amariah
Named as the father of Zechariah in the genealogy of Athaiah (Nehemiah 11:4); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:4
Amzi
Athaiah
Son of Uzziah, descendant of Perez, one of the leaders from Judah who settled in Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:4
Azarel
Azrikam
Azrikam is named as the son of Hashabiah in the Merarite ancestry of Shemaiah (1 Chronicles 9:14).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15
Bakbukiah
Levite named Bakbukiah in the Levites, second among his associates in thanksgiving, and later among those who guarded the storerooms at the gates. The lists do not say whether…
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:17; Nehemiah 12:9; Nehemiah 12:25
Bani
Son of Hashabiah and father of Uzzi, in the line of the singers.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:22
Baruch
Named as the father of Maaseiah in the genealogy of Maaseiah (Nehemiah 11:5); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:5
Bunni
Named as the father of Hashabiah in the genealogy of Shemaiah (Nehemiah 11:15); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:15
Gabbai
One of Sallu’s followers, who with Sallai numbered 928 men of Benjamin.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:8
Galal
Galal is named as the son of Jeduthun in the Levite ancestry of Obadiah (1 Chronicles 9:16).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:16; Nehemiah 11:17
Gishpa
With Ziha, placed over the temple servants who lived on the hill of Ophel.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:21
Haggedolim
Named in the BSB as the father of Zabdiel (the Hebrew may be a title).
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:14
Hashabiah
Named as the father of Azrikam in the genealogy of Shemaiah (Nehemiah 11:15); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15
Hashabiah
Son of Mattaniah and father of Bani in Uzzi’s ancestry.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:22
Hassenuah
Named as the father of Judah who was over the Second District.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:9
Hasshub
Hasshub is named as the son of Azrikam in the Merarite ancestry of Shemaiah (1 Chronicles 9:14).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15
Hazaiah
Son of Adaiah, the father of Col-hozeh in Maaseiah’s ancestry.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:5
Hilkiah
Hilkiah is named as the son of Meshullam in the priestly ancestry of Azariah (1 Chronicles 9:11).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11
Ithiel
Named as the father of Maaseiah in the genealogy of Sallu (Nehemiah 11:7); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:7
Jedaiah
Son of Joiarib among the priests who settled in Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:10
Jeroham
Father of the priest Adaiah, son of Pelaliah. 1 Chronicles 9:12 abridges his ancestry ('son of Pashhur'); Nehemiah 11:12 gives Pelaliah, Amzi and Zechariah in between.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:12
Jeshaiah
Named as the father of Ithiel in the genealogy of Sallu (Nehemiah 11:7); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:7
Joed
Named as the father of Meshullam in the genealogy of Sallu (Nehemiah 11:7); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:7
Joel
Son of Zichri, the officer over the Benjaminites settling in Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:9
Joiarib
Joiarib
Jozabad
Levite named Jozabad in the Levites who taught the Law, and among the leaders who supervised work outside the house of God. The lists do not say whether same-named Levites in…
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 11:16
Judah
Son of Hassenuah, over the Second District of Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:9
Kolaiah
Named as the father of Pedaiah in the genealogy of Sallu (Nehemiah 11:7); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:7
Maaseiah
Son of Baruch, descendant of Shelah, one of the leaders from Judah who settled in Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:5
Maaseiah
Named as the father of Kolaiah in the genealogy of Sallu (Nehemiah 11:7); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:7
Mahalalel
Named as the father of Shephatiah in the genealogy of Athaiah (Nehemiah 11:4); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:4
Malchijah
Named at the head of Adaiah's priestly ancestry as the father of Pashhur; the text gives no father for him.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:12
Mattaniah
Son of Mica, among the Levites who lived in Jerusalem, in the line of Asaph.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:15; Nehemiah 11:17; Nehemiah 11:22
Meraioth
Meraioth is named as the son of Ahitub in the priestly ancestry of Azariah (1 Chronicles 9:11).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11
Meshezabel
Named as the father of Pethahiah, a descendant of Zerah.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:24
Meshillemoth
Father of Ahzai and son of Immer in Amashai’s ancestry.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:13
Meshullam
Meshullam is named as the son of Hodaviah in the Benjamite ancestry of Sallu (1 Chronicles 9:7). 1 Chronicles 9:7 calls him son of Hodaviah; Nehemiah 11:7 son of Joed. Both are…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:7; Nehemiah 11:7
Meshullam
Meshullam is named as the son of Zadok in the priestly ancestry of Azariah (1 Chronicles 9:11).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11
Pashhur
Pashhur is named as the son of Malchijah in the priestly ancestry of Adaiah (1 Chronicles 9:12).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:12
Pedaiah
Named as the father of Joed in the genealogy of Sallu (Nehemiah 11:7); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:7
Pelaliah
Pethahiah
Son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, who was the king’s agent in every matter concerning the people.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:24
Sallai
One of Sallu’s followers, who with Gabbai numbered 928 men of Benjamin.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:8
Sallu
Son of Meshullam, among the Benjamites who lived in Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:7; Nehemiah 11:7
Seraiah
Son of Hilkiah, the chief official of the house of God, of the priestly line of Zadok, Meraioth and Ahitub.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:11
Shabbethai
Levite who supported the opposition to the plan in Ezra 10:15; a Levite of this name also helps explain the Law (Neh 8:7) and supervises work outside the temple (Neh 11:16).
Cited in the guide: Ezra 10:15; Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 11:16
Shammua
Shemaiah
Son of Hasshub, among the Levites who lived in Jerusalem.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:14; Nehemiah 11:15
Shephatiah
Named as the father of Amariah in the genealogy of Athaiah (Nehemiah 11:4); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:4
Talmon
Talmon is named among the gatekeepers, with Shallum as their chief (1 Chronicles 9:17).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:17; Nehemiah 11:19; Nehemiah 12:25
Uzzi
Son of Bani and descendant of Asaph who was overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem, the singers in charge of the service of God’s house.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:22
Uzziah
Named as the father of Athaiah in the genealogy of Athaiah (Nehemiah 11:4); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:4
Zabdi
Zabdiel
Son of Haggedolim, overseer of Amashai and the mighty men of valor.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:14
Zadok
Zadok is named as the son of Meraioth in the priestly ancestry of Azariah (1 Chronicles 9:11).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 9:11; Nehemiah 11:11
Zechariah
Named as the father of Uzziah in the genealogy of Athaiah (Nehemiah 11:4); the text calls each the "son of" the next and "son" may mean descendant.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:4
Zechariah
Zechariah
Father of Joiarib in the Shelah line of Judah.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:5
Zichri
Ziha
With Gishpa, placed over the temple servants who lived on the hill of Ophel.
Cited in the guide: Nehemiah 11:21
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 48:2; Isaiah 52:1; Nehemiah 10:34; Nehemiah 11:18; Matthew 4:5
- 2 Judges 5:9; 2 Corinthians 8:16–17; Deuteronomy 24:13; Job 29:13; Job 31:20
- 3 1 Chronicles 9:1–34; Ezra 2:43; Ezra 2:1; Nehemiah 7:73; Ezra 2:55–58
- 4 Genesis 38:29; Ruth 4:18; Matthew 1:3; 1 Chronicles 9:3–9; Luke 3:33
- 5 Nehemiah 3:15; 1 Chronicles 4:21; Numbers 26:20; 1 Chronicles 9:5; Genesis 38:5
- 7 1 Chronicles 9:7–9
- 9 1 Chronicles 9:7
- 10 1 Chronicles 9:10; Nehemiah 7:39; Nehemiah 12:6; Ezra 2:36; Nehemiah 12:19
- 11 1 Chronicles 9:11; Acts 5:24; 2 Chronicles 19:11; 1 Chronicles 9:1; Numbers 3:32
- 12 1 Chronicles 9:12–13
- 15 1 Chronicles 9:19; 1 Chronicles 9:14
- 16 1 Chronicles 26:20; Nehemiah 8:7; 1 Chronicles 26:29; Acts 6:2–3; Ezra 8:33
- 17 1 Chronicles 9:15; Nehemiah 10:12; Nehemiah 12:31; 1 Chronicles 25:1–6; Nehemiah 12:8–9
- 18 Nehemiah 11:1; Revelation 21:2; Revelation 11:2; 1 Kings 11:13; Matthew 24:15
- 19 Nehemiah 12:25; Nehemiah 7:45; Psalm 84:10; 1 Chronicles 9:17–22
- 20 Nehemiah 11:3
- 21 Nehemiah 3:26; 2 Chronicles 27:3; Nehemiah 3:31
- 22 Nehemiah 12:42; Nehemiah 10:13; Nehemiah 10:11; Nehemiah 11:9; Nehemiah 11:11
- 23 Nehemiah 12:47; Ezra 6:8–9; Ezra 7:20–24; 1 Chronicles 9:33
- 24 Genesis 38:30; 1 Chronicles 18:17; Nehemiah 10:21; Numbers 26:20; 1 Chronicles 23:28
- 25 Joshua 14:15; Joshua 15:21–22
- 26 Joshua 19:2; Joshua 15:26–27
- 27 Joshua 19:3; Judges 20:1; Joshua 15:28; Genesis 21:31; Genesis 26:33
- 28 1 Samuel 27:6; Joshua 15:31
- 29 Joshua 15:35; Judges 13:25; Joshua 12:11; Joshua 19:41; Joshua 15:32–33
- 30 Joshua 10:3; Joshua 15:8; Jeremiah 32:35; Isaiah 37:8; Jeremiah 7:31–32
- 31 Genesis 28:19; Joshua 8:9; 1 Samuel 13:11; Joshua 18:13; Isaiah 10:28
- 32 Joshua 21:18; 1 Samuel 21:1; Isaiah 10:30; 1 Samuel 22:19; Isaiah 10:32
- 33 2 Samuel 4:3; Matthew 2:18; Joshua 18:25; 1 Samuel 7:17
- 34 1 Samuel 13:18
- 35 1 Chronicles 8:12; Nehemiah 7:37; 1 Chronicles 4:14
- 36 1 Chronicles 6:54–81; Joshua 21:1–45; Genesis 49:7
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