And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by David the man of God.

But I warned them and said, “Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!” From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath.

Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: ‘If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations.

Jedaiah son of Harumaph worked on the section adjacent to them opposite his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked on the section adjacent to him.

Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab worked on another section and the Tower of the Fire Pots.

After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel.

Please remember me for good, O my God, for all that I have done for this people.

All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392.

Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors.

“But they – our ancestors – behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments.

And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their colleagues who were guarding the gates – 172.

Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who were guarding the storerooms at the gates.

and from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem.

I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah’s household possessions out of the storeroom.

The traders and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice.

Please remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites.

When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard all this, they were very displeased that someone had come to seek benefit for the Israelites.

Malkijah son of Recab, head of the district of Beth Hakkerem, worked on the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

After him the Levites worked – Rehum son of Bani and after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district.