23 for they had been appointed by royal decree, and there was a fixed schedule for the singers assigning them their daily duties.
24 Pethahiah, son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah, son of Judah, was royal deputy in all affairs that concerned the people.
25 As concerns their villages with their fields: Judahites lived in Kiriath-arba and its dependencies, in Dibon and its dependencies, in Jekabzeel and its villages,
26 in Jeshua, Moladah, Beth-pelet,
27 in Hazarshual, in Beer-sheba and its dependencies,
28 in Ziklag, in Meconah and its dependencies,
29 in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,