1 Chronicles Chapter 25 — Organization of Temple Musicians

¹Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals. The number of those who did the work according to their service was:

²of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah. The sons of Asaph were under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied at the order of the king.

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

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

⁵All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

⁶All these were under the hands of their father for song in the LORD’s house, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of God’s house: Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

⁷The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to the LORD, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

³¹for the twenty-fourth to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.