Chronicles I 25

1 And king David and the captains of the host appointed to their services the sons of Asaph, and of Aeman, and of Idithun, prophesiers with harps, and lutes, and cymbals: and their number was according to their polls serving in their ministrations.

David and the leaders of the army selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals. Here is the list of the men who performed this service:

2 The sons of Asaph; Sacchur, Joseph, and Nathanias, and Erael: the sons of Asaph [were] next the king.

From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the king's supervision.

3 To Idithun [were reckoned] the sons of Idithun, Godolias, and Suri, and Iseas, and Asabias, and Matthathias, six after their father Idithun, sounding loudly on the harp thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.

From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who played the harp for giving thanks and praising Yahweh.

4 To Aeman [were reckoned] the sons of Aeman, Bukias, and Matthanias, and Oziel, and Subael, and Jerimoth, and Ananias, and Anan, and Heliatha, and Godollathi, and Rometthiezer, and Jesbasaca, and Mallithi, and Otheri, and Meazoth.

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

5 All these [were] the sons of Aeman the king's chief player in the praises of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Aeman fourteen sons, and three daughters.

All these were the sons of Heman the king's prophet. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters to lift up his horn.

6 All these sang hymns with their father in the house of God, with cymbals, and lutes, and harps, for the service of the house of God, near the king, and Asaph, and Idithun, and Aeman.

All these were under the direction of their fathers. They were musicians in Yahweh's house, with cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God's house. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the king's supervision.

7 And the number of them after their brethren, those instructed to sing to God, every one that understood [singing] was two hundred and eighty-eight.

They and their brothers who were skilled and trained to make music to Yahweh numbered 288.

8 And they also cast lots for the daily courses, for the great and the small [of them], of the perfect ones and the learners.

They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the same for the young as well as the old, the teacher as well as the student.

9 And the first lot of his sons and of his brethren came forth to Asaph the son of Joseph, [namely], Godolias: the second Heneia, his sons and his brethren [being] twelve.

Now regarding Asaph's sons: The first lot fell to Joseph's family; the second fell to Gedaliah's family, twelve persons in number;

10 The third Zacchur, his sons and his brethren [were] twelve:

the third fell to Zaccur, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

11 the fourth Jesri, his sons and his brethren [were] twelve:

the fourth fell to Izri, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

12 the fifth Nathan, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the fifth fell to Nethaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

13 the sixth Bukias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the sixth fell to Bukkiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

14 the seventh Iseriel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the seventh fell to Jesarelah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

15 the eighth Josia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the eighth fell to Jeshaiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

16 the ninth Matthanias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the ninth fell to Mattaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

17 the tenth Semeia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the tenth fell to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

18 the eleventh Asriel, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the eleventh fell to Azarel, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

19 the twelfth Asabia, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the twelfth fell to Hashabiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

20 the thirteenth Subael, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the thirteenth fell to Shubael, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

21 the fourteenth Matthathias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the fourteenth fell to Mattithiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

22 the fifteenth Jerimoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the fifteenth fell to Jerimoth, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

23 the sixteenth Anania, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the sixteenth fell to Hananiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

24 the seventeenth Jesbasaca, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the seventeenth fell to Joshbekashah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

25 the eighteenth Ananias, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the eighteenth fell to Hanani, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

26 the nineteenth Mallithi, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the nineteenth fell to Mallothi, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

27 the twentieth Heliatha, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the twentieth fell to Eliathah, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

28 the twenty-first Otheri, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the twenty-first fell to Hothir, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

29 the twenty-second Godollathi, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the twenty-second fell to Giddalti, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

30 the twenty-third Meazoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the twenty-third fell to Mahazioth, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number;

31 the twenty-fourth Rometthiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

the twenty-fourth fell to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his relatives, twelve persons in number.