1 Chronicles25

¹Moreover, David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals; and the number of those who performed this service was:

²Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king.

³Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all, under the direction of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the Lord.

⁴Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.

⁵All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer to exalt him according to the words of God, for God gave fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman.

⁶All of these were under the direction of their father to sing in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.

⁷Their number who were trained in singing to the Lord, with their relatives, all who were skillful, was 288.

⁸They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.

⁹Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph, the second for Gedaliah, he with his relatives and sons were twelve;

¹⁰the third to Zaccur, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

¹¹the fourth to Izri, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

¹²the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

¹³the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

¹⁴the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

¹⁵the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

¹⁶the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

¹⁷the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

¹⁸the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

¹⁹the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

²⁰for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

²¹for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

²²for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

²³for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

²⁴for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

²⁵for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

²⁶for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

²⁷for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

²⁸for the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

²⁹for the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

³⁰for the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his relatives, twelve;

³¹for the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his relatives, twelve.