¹Genealogical records were kept for all Israel; they are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel.The people of Judah were carried away to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. ²The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants. ³Some from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem. ⁴The settlers included: Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, who was a descendant of Perez son of Judah. ⁵From the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons. ⁶From the descendants of Zerah: Jeuel. Their relatives numbered 690.⁷From the descendants of Benjamin:Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah; ⁸Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, son of Mikri; and Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah. ⁹Their relatives, listed in their genealogical records, numbered 956. All these men were leaders of their families.¹⁰From the priests:Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin; ¹¹Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub the leader in God’s temple; ¹²Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malkijah; and Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer. ¹³Their relatives, who were leaders of their families, numbered 1,760. They were capable men who were assigned to carry out the various tasks of service in God’s temple. ¹⁴From the Levites:Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah a descendant of Merari; ¹⁵Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah son of Mika, son of Zikri, son of Asaph; ¹⁶Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived among the settlements of the Netophathites. ¹⁷The gatekeepers were:Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the leader; ¹⁸he serves to this day at the King’s Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi. ¹⁹Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family (the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary. Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the Lord’s dwelling place. ²⁰Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the Lord was with him.²¹Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the guard at the entrance to the meeting tent. ²²All those selected to be gatekeepers at the entrances numbered 212. Their names were recorded in the genealogical records of their settlements. David and Samuel the prophet had appointed them to their positions. ²³They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle). ²⁴The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides—east, west, north, and south. ²⁵Their relatives, who lived in their settlements, came from time to time and served with them for seven-day periods.²⁶The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God’s sanctuary.²⁷They would spend the night in their posts all around God’s sanctuary, for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning. ²⁸Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out. ²⁹Some of them were in charge of the equipment and articles of the sanctuary, as well as the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices. ³⁰(But some of the priests mixed the spices.) ³¹Mattithiah, a Levite, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of baking the bread for offerings.³²Some of the Kohathites, their relatives, were in charge of preparing the bread that is displayed each Sabbath. ³³The musicians and Levite family leaders stayed in rooms at the sanctuary and were exempt from other duties, for day and night they had to carry out their assigned tasks. ³⁴These were the family leaders of the Levites, as listed in their genealogical records. They lived in Jerusalem. ³⁵Jeiel (the father of Gibeon) lived in Gibeon. His wife was Maacah. ³⁶His firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, ³⁷Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth. ³⁸Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. ³⁹Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. ⁴⁰The son of Jonathan:Meribbaal, who was the father of Micah. ⁴¹The sons of Micah:Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.⁴²Ahaz was the father of Jarah, and Jarah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza, ⁴³and Moza was the father of Binea. His son was Rephaiah, whose son was Eleasah, whose son was Azel. ⁴⁴Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.