1 Chronicles 25
1 David and the army commanders set apart the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun for service. They prophesied with lyres, harps, and cymbals. Here is their number, the men assigned to their service:
2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. They were under Asaph’s direction, who prophesied under the king’s direction.
3 From Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun—Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the lyre, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
4 From Heman: the sons of Heman—Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jeremoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
5 All these were sons of Heman, the king’s seer, who spoke the words of God to exalt his power. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
6 All these were under the direction of their father for singing in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of God’s house. They were under the direction of the king, along with Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
7 Their number, together with their fellow Levites trained in singing to the LORD, all skilled, was 288.
8 They cast lots for their duties, the younger and the older alike, the teacher together with the student.
9 The first lot fell to Asaph’s family, for Joseph; the second, for Gedaliah, with his brothers and sons, twelve in all;
10 the third, for Zaccur, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
11 the fourth, for Izri, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
12 the fifth, for Nethaniah, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
13 the sixth, for Bukkiah, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
14 the seventh, for Jesarelah, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
15 the eighth, for Jeshaiah, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
16 the ninth, for Mattaniah, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
17 the tenth, for Shimei, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
18 the eleventh, for Azarel, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
19 the twelfth, for Hashabiah, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
20 the thirteenth, for Shubael, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
21 the fourteenth, for Mattithiah, with his sons and brothers, twelve.
22 The fifteenth, for Jeremoth, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
23 the sixteenth, for Hananiah, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
24 the seventeenth, for Joshbekashah, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
25 the eighteenth, for Hanani, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
26 the nineteenth, for Mallothi, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
27 the twentieth, for Eliathah, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
28 the twenty-first, for Hothir, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
29 the twenty-second, for Giddalti, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
30 the twenty-third, for Mahazioth, with his sons and brothers, twelve;
31 the twenty-fourth, for Romamti-ezer, with his sons and brothers, twelve.
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