23 for the king’s regulation about them made their unity a daily issue.
24 Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king’s assistant in all matters concerning the people.
25 For the villages located by their fields, some of the people of Judah lived at Kiriath Arba and its villages, others at Dibon and its villages, or at Jekabzeel and its villages,
26 as well as at Jeshua, at Moladah, and at Beth Pelet,
27 and at Hazar Shual, and at Beersheba and its villages,
28 and at Ziklag, at Mekonah and its villages,
29 and at En Rimmon, at Zorah, at Jarmuth,