¹⁶Davidⁿ told the leaders of the Levites^o to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians^p to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.^q

¹⁷So the Levites appointed Heman^r son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph^s son of Berekiah; and from their relatives the Merarites,^t Ethan son of Kushaiah; ¹⁸and with them their relatives next in rank: Zechariah,^b Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom^u and Jeiel,^c the gatekeepers.

¹⁹The musicians Heman,^v Asaph and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; ²⁰Zechariah, Jaaziel,^d Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah were to play the lyres according to alamoth,^e ²¹and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel and Azaziah were to play the harps, directing according to sheminith.^f ²²Kenaniah the head Levite was in charge of the singing; that was his responsibility because he was skillful at it.

²³Berekiah and Elkanah were to be doorkeepers for the ark. ²⁴Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer the priests were to blow trumpets^w before the ark of God. Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also to be doorkeepers for the ark.

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Footnotes

bThree Hebrew manuscripts and most Septuagint manuscripts (see also verse 20 and 16:5); most Hebrew manuscripts Zechariah son and or Zechariah, Ben and
cHebrew; Septuagint (see also verse 21) Jeiel and Azaziah
dSee verse 18; Hebrew Aziel, a variant of Jaaziel.
eProbably a musical term
fProbably a musical term

Cross references

n 1 Ch 6:31
o 2 Ch 7:6
p Ezr 2:41; Ne 11:23; Ps 68:25
qSee 1 Ch 13:8; 23:5; 2 Ch 29:26; Ne 12:27, 36; Job 21:12; Ps 150:5; Am 6:5
rSee 1 Ch 6:33
s 1 Ch 6:39
t 1 Ch 6:44
uSee 2 Sa 6:10; 1 Ch 26:4–5
v 1 Ch 16:41; 25:6
w 2 Ch 5:12; 7:6; 29:26