The rest of the Israelites, with the priests and Levites, were in all the towns of Judah, each on their ancestral property.
The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their associates, who kept watch at the gates—172 men.
These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem (now some Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants and descendants of Solomon’s servants lived in the towns of Judah, each on their own property in the various towns,
Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to their own inheritance.