1 Chronicles 15:16–22

¹⁶And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, ^opsalteries and ^oharps and ^ocymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. ¹⁷So the Levites appointed ^pHeman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, ^qAsaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, ^rEthan the son of Kushaiah; ¹⁸and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, ^sBen, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. ¹⁹So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with ^tcymbals of brass; ²⁰and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with ^tpsalteries ^uon Alamoth; ²¹and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and ^sAzaziah, with ^tharps on the Sheminith ^xto excel. ²²And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skilful.