So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.
So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, you were he that led out and brought in Israel: and the LORD your God said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over my people Israel.
Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been taken away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had taken away to Babylon, and came back to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his city;
So the priests, and the Levites, and the gatekeepers, and the singers, and some of the people, and the temple servants, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.