The Remainder Divided

¹Then the whole congregation of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there. And though the land was subdued before them,

²there were still seven tribes of Israel who had not yet received their inheritance.

³So Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you put off entering and possessing the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you?

⁴Appoint three men from each tribe, and I will send them out to survey the land and map it out, according to the inheritance of each. Then they will return to me

⁵and divide the land into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north.

⁶When you have mapped out the seven portions of land and brought it to me, I will cast lots for you here in the presence of the LORD our God.

⁷The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”

⁸As the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”

⁹So the men departed and went throughout the land, mapping it city by city into seven portions. Then they returned with the document to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh.

¹⁰And Joshua cast lots for them in the presence of the LORD at Shiloh, where he distributed the land to the Israelites according to their divisions.

Benjamin’s Inheritance

¹¹The first lot came up for the clans of the tribe of Benjamin. Their allotted territory lay between the tribes of Judah and Joseph:

¹²On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

¹³From there the border crossed over to the southern slope of Luz (that is, Bethel) and went down to Ataroth-addar on the hill south of Lower Beth-horon.

¹⁴On the west side the border curved southward from the hill facing Beth-horon on the south and came out at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the western side.

¹⁵On the south side the border began at the outskirts of Kiriath-jearim and extended westward to the spring at the Waters of Nephtoah.

¹⁶Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.

¹⁷From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

¹⁸Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabahand went down into the valley.

¹⁹The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea,at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.

²⁰On the east side the border was the Jordan.These were the borders around the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

²¹These were the cities of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin:Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz,

²²Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,

²³Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,

²⁴Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba—twelve cities, along with their villages.

²⁵Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth,

²⁶Mizpeh, Chephirah, Mozah,

²⁷Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah,

²⁸Zelah, Haeleph, Jebus(that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah,and Kiriath-jearim—fourteen cities, along with their villages.This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Benjamin.

Jerusalem’s New Settlers

¹Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining ninewere to dwell in their own towns.

²And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.

³These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants,and descendants of Solomon’s servants—

⁴while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled 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 Col-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 settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.

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 Zichri was the officer over them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was over the Second District of the city.

¹⁰From the priests:Jedaiah son of Joiarib;Jachin;

¹¹Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of the house of God;

¹²and their associates who did the work at 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 Malchijah;

¹³and his associates, the leaders of families—242 men;Amashai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer;

¹⁴and his associates—128 mighty men of valor. Zabdiel son of Haggedolim was their overseer.

¹⁵From the Levites:Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;

¹⁶Shabbethai and Jozabad, two leaders of the Levites, who supervised the work outside the house of God;

¹⁷Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, 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 totaled 284.

¹⁹And the gatekeepers:Akkub, Talmon, and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.

Residents Outside Jerusalem

²⁰The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inheritance.

²¹The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa over them.

²²Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica.He was one of Asaph’s descendants, who were the singers in charge of the service of the house of God.

²³For there was a command from the king concerning the singers, an ordinance regulating their daily activities.

²⁴Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, a descendant of Zerah son of Judah, was the king’s agentin every matter concerning the people.

²⁵As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;

²⁶in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth-pelet;

²⁷in Hazar-shual; in Beersheba and its villages;

²⁸in Ziklag; in Meconah and its villages;

²⁹in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,

³⁰Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages; in Lachish and its fields; and in Azekah and its villages. So they settled from Beersheba all the way to the Valley of Hinnom.

³¹The descendants of Benjamin from Geba lived in Michmash, Aija, and Bethel with its villages;

³²in Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah,

³³Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim,

³⁴Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,

³⁵Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.

³⁶And some divisions of the Levites of Judah settled in Benjamin.

The People of Jerusalem

¹So all Israel was recorded in the genealogies written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

²Now the first to resettle their own property in their cities were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

³Some of the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem:

⁴Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah.

⁵From the Shilonites:Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.

⁶From the Zerahites:Jeuel and 690 relatives.

⁷From the Benjamites:Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah;

⁸Ibneiah son of Jeroham;Elah son of Uzzi, the son of Michri;Meshullam son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

⁹and 956 of their relatives according to their genealogy. All these men were heads of their families.

¹⁰From the priests:Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;

¹¹Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;

¹²Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah;Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith,the son of Immer;

¹³and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

¹⁴From the Levites:Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;

¹⁵Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;

¹⁶Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun;and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

¹⁷These were the gatekeepers:Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives.Shallum was their chief;

¹⁸he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

¹⁹Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph,the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.

²⁰In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.

²¹Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

²²The number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their positions of trust.

²³So they and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the house of the LORD—the house called the Tent.

²⁴The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

²⁵Their relatives came from their villages at fixed times to serve with them for seven-day periods.

²⁶But the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of the house of God.

²⁷They would spend the night stationed around the house of God, because they were responsible for guarding it and opening it every morning.

²⁸Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.

²⁹Others were put in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices.

³⁰And some of the sons of the priests mixed the spices.

³¹A Levite named Mattithiah, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.

³²Some of their Kohathite relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.

³³Those who were musicians, the heads of Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other duties because they were on duty day and night.

³⁴All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.

The Descendants of Saul

³⁵Jeiel the fatherof Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.

³⁶Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

³⁷Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

³⁸Mikloth was the father of Shimeam.They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

³⁹Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

⁴⁰The son of Jonathan:Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.

⁴¹The sons of Micah:Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.

⁴²Ahaz was the father of Jarah; Jarahwas the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.

⁴³Moza was the father of Binea. Rephaiahwas his son, Elasah his son, and Azel his son.

⁴⁴And Azel had six sons, and these were their names:Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.

Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good

¹Hallelujah!Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good;His loving devotion endures forever.

²Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORDor fully proclaim His praise?

³Blessed are those who uphold justice,who practice righteousness at all times.

⁴Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people;visit me with Your salvation,

⁵that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones,and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,and give glory with Your inheritance.

⁶We have sinned like our fathers;we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

⁷Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wondersor remember Your abundant kindness;but they rebelled by the sea,there at the Red Sea.

⁸Yet He saved them for the sake of His name,to make His power known.

⁹He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up;He led them through the depths as through a desert.

¹⁰He saved them from the hand that hated them;He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

¹¹The waters covered their foes;not one of them remained.

¹²Then they believed His promisesand sang His praise.

¹³Yet they soon forgot His worksand failed to wait for His counsel.

¹⁴They craved intensely in the wildernessand tested God in the desert.

¹⁵So He granted their request,but sent a wasting disease upon them.

¹⁶In the camp they envied Moses,as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

¹⁷The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan;it covered the assembly of Abiram.

¹⁸Then fire blazed through their company;flames consumed the wicked.

¹⁹At Horebthey made a calfand worshiped a molten image.

²⁰They exchanged their Gloryfor the image of a grass-eating ox.

²¹They forgot God their Savior,who did great things in Egypt,

²²wondrous works in the land of Ham,and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

²³So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen onestood before Him in the breachto divert His wrath from destroying them.

²⁴They despised the pleasant land;they did not believe His promise.

²⁵They grumbled in their tentsand did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

²⁶So He raised His hand and sworeto cast them down in the wilderness,

²⁷to dispersetheir offspring among the nationsand scatter them throughout the lands.

²⁸They yoked themselves to Baal of Peorand ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

²⁹So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds,and a plague broke out among them.

³⁰But Phinehas stood and intervened,and the plague was restrained.

³¹It was credited to him as righteousnessfor endless generations to come.

³²At the waters of Meribahthey angered the LORD,and trouble came to Moses because of them.

³³For they rebelled against His Spirit,and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

³⁴They did not destroy the peoplesas the LORD had commanded them,

³⁵but they mingled with the nationsand adopted their customs.

³⁶They worshiped their idols,which became a snare to them.

³⁷They sacrificed their sonsand their daughters to demons.

³⁸They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters,whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan,and the land was polluted with blood.

³⁹They defiled themselves by their actionsand prostituted themselves by their deeds.

⁴⁰So the anger of the LORD burned against His people,and He abhorred His own inheritance.

⁴¹He delivered them into the hand of the nations,and those who hated them ruled over them.

⁴²Their enemies oppressed themand subdued them under their hand.

⁴³Many times He rescued them,but they were bent on rebellionand sank down in their iniquity.

⁴⁴Nevertheless He heard their cry;He took note of their distress.

⁴⁵And He remembered His covenant with them,and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

⁴⁶He made them objects of compassionto all who held them captive.

⁴⁷Save us, O LORD our God,and gather us from the nations,that we may give thanks to Your holy name,that we may glory in Your praise.

⁴⁸Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel,from everlasting to everlasting.Let all the people say, “Amen!”Hallelujah!