3 And these are the heads of the jurisdictional district+ who dwelt in Jerusalem;+ but in the cities of Judah there dwelt, each one in his own possession, in their cities,+ Israel,+ the priests+ and the Levites,+ and the Nethʹi·nim*+ and the sons of the servants of Solʹo·mon.+

1 Now it came about in the days of* A·has·u·eʹrus,*+ that is, the A·has·u·eʹrus who was ruling as king from Inʹdi·a* to E·thi·oʹpi·a,* [over] a hundred and twenty-seven jurisdictional districts,*+