1 Chronicles 25
1 Moreover, 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:
Therfor Dauid, and the magestratis of the oost, departiden in to the seruyce the sones of Asaph, and of Eman, and of Idithum, whiche schulden profecye in harpis, and sawtrees, and cymbalis, bi her noumbre, and serue the office halewid to hem.
2 of 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.
Of the sones of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nathania, and Asarela; sotheli the sones of Asaph vndir the hond of Asaph profesieden bisidis the kyng.
3 Of 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 Yahweh with the harp.
Forsothe the sones of Idithum weren these; Idithum, Godolie, Sori, Jesie, and Sabaie, and Mathatie, sixe; vndur the hond of hir fadir Idithum, that profesiede in an harpe on men knoulechynge and preysynge the Lord.
4 Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.
Also the sones of Heman weren Heman, Boccia, Mathanya, Oziel, Subuhel, and Jerymoth, Ananye, Anan, Elyatha, Gaeldothi, and Romenthi, Ezer, and Jesbacasi, Melothy, Othir, Mazioth;
5 All 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.
alle these sones of Heman weren profetis of the kyng in the wordis of God, that he schulde enhaunse the horn. And God yaf to Heman fourtene sones, and thre douytris.
6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in Yahweh’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.
Alle vndur the hond of her fadir weren `delid, ethir asigned, to synge in the temple of the Lord, in cymbalis, and sawtrees, and harpis, in to the seruyces of the hows of the Lord nyy the kyng, that is to seie, Asaph, and Idithum, and Heman.
7 The number of them, with their brothers who were instructed in singing to Yahweh, even all who were skillful, was two hundred eighty-eight.
Sotheli the noumbre of hem with her britheren, that tauyten the songe of the Lord, alle the techeris, was twey hundrid `foure scoor and eiyte.
8 They cast lots for their offices, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the student.
And thei senten lottis bi her whiles euenli, as wel the gretter as the lesse, also a wijs man and vnwijs.
9 Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, he and his brothers and sons were twelve;
And the firste lot yede out to Joseph, that was of Asaph; the secounde to Godolie, to hym, and hise sones and hise britheren twelue;
10 the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the thridde to Zaccur, to hise sones and hise bretheren twelue;
11 the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the fourthe to Isary, to hise sones and hise britheren twelue; the fyuethe to Nathanye,
12 the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
to hise sones and hise britheren twelue;
13 the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the sixte to Boccian, to hise sones and hise britheren twelue;
14 the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the seuenthe to Israhela, to hise sones and britheren twelue;
15 the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the eiythe to Isaie, to his sones and britheren twelue;
16 the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the nynthe to Mathany, to his sones and britheren twelue;
17 the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the tenthe to Semei, to his sones and britheren twelue;
18 the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the elleuenthe to Ezrahel, to hise sones and britheren twelue;
19 the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the tweluethe to Asabie, to his sones and britheren twelue;
20 for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the thrittenthe to Subahel, to hise sones and britheren twelue;
21 for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the fourtenthe to Mathathatie, to hise sones and britheren twelue; the fiftenthe to Jerymoth,
22 for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
to hise sones and britheren twelue;
23 for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the sixtenthe to Ananye, to hise sones and britheren twelue;
24 for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the seuententhe to Jesbocase, to hise sones and britheren twelue;
25 for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the eiytenthe to Annam, to hise sones and britheren twelue;
26 for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the nyntenthe to Mollothi, to hise sones and britheren twelue; the twentithe to Eliatha,
27 for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
to hise sones and britheren twelue;
28 for the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the oon and twentithe to Othir, to hise sones and britheren twelue;
29 for the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
the two and twentithe to Godoliathi, to hise sones and britheren twelue; the thre and twentithe to Mazioth,
30 for the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve;
to hise sones and britheren twelue;
31 for the twenty-fourth to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.
the foure and twentithe to Romonathiezer, to his sones and britheren twelue.
