Nehemiah 11:23-25

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²³ For there was a command from the king concerning them, and a settled provision for the singers, as was required every day. ²⁴ And Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was at the king’s hand in all matters concerning the people.

Villages outside Jerusalem

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