6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with fcymbals, fpsalteries, and fharps, for the service of the house of God, †according to the king’s order to bAsaph, dJeduthun, and cHeman. 7 So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the Lord, even all that were hcunning, was itwo hundred fourscore and eight.

8 And they cast lots, ward against jward, as well the small as the great, the hteacher as the scholar. 9 Now kthe first lot came forth for Asaph to lJoseph: the second to mGedaliah, who nwith his brethren and sons were twelve: 10 The third to lZaccur, nhe, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 11 The fourth to mIzri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 12 The fifth to lNethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 13 The sixth to oBukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 14 The seventh to lJesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 15 The eighth to mJeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 16 The ninth to oMattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 17 The tenth to pShimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 18 The eleventh to qAzareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 19 The twelfth to mHashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 20 The thirteenth to qShubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 21 The fourteenth to mMattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 22 The fifteenth to rJeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 23 The sixteenth to oHananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 24 The seventeenth to oJoshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 25 The eighteenth to oHanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 26 The nineteenth to oMallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 27 The twentieth to oEliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 28 The one and twentieth to oHothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 29 The two and twentieth to oGiddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 30 The three and twentieth to oMahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: 31 The four and twentieth to oRomamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.