1 Chronicles 25

Chapter 25

¹And David and the captains of the host separated for the service those of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun who were to prophesy with harps and lutes and cymbals; and the number of the men employed according to their service was: ²of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied at the direction of the king. ³Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Isaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, and Shimei six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, to give thanks and to praise Jehovah. ⁴Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkijah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth: ⁵all these were sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to exalt his power; and God had given to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. ⁶All these were under the direction of their fathers Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes and harps, for the service of the house of God, under the direction of the king. ⁷And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of Jehovah, all of them skilful, was two hundred and eighty-eight.

⁸And they cast lots with one another over the charges, the small as well as the great, the teacher with the scholar. ⁹And the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph; to Gedaliah the second: he and his brethren and his sons were twelve. ¹⁰The third to Zaccur; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹¹The fourth to Jizri; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹²The fifth to Nethaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹³The sixth to Bukkijah; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹⁴The seventh to Jesharelah; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹⁵The eighth to Isaiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹⁶The ninth to Mattaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹⁷The tenth to Shimei; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹⁸The eleventh to Azareel; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ¹⁹The twelfth to Hashabiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²⁰The thirteenth to Shubael; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²¹The fourteenth to Mattithiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²²The fifteenth to Jeremoth; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²³The sixteenth to Hananiah; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²⁴The seventeenth to Joshbekashah; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²⁵The eighteenth to Hanani; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²⁶The nineteenth to Mallothi; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²⁷The twentieth to Elijathah; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²⁸The twenty-first to Hothir; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ²⁹The twenty-second to Giddalti; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ³⁰The twenty-third to Mahazioth; his sons and his brethren, twelve. ³¹The twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer; his sons and his brethren, twelve.