²¹ And the leaders said to them, “Let them live.” So they became ^(A)cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the congregation, just as the leaders ^(B)had said of them.

²³ Now therefore you are cursed, and some of you shall never be anything but servants, ^(A)cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”

^2 (A)Now the first to ^(B)dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the ^(C)temple servants.

^43 (A)The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth,

^20 (A)besides 220 of the temple servants, whom David and his officials had set apart to attend the Levites. These were all ^(B)mentioned by name.

⁶⁰ All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392.

^3 (A)These are the chiefs of the province who lived in Jerusalem; but in the towns of Judah ^(B)everyone lived on his property in their towns: Israel, the priests, the Levites, ^(C)the temple servants, ^(D)and the descendants of Solomon's servants.