1 Chronicles 25

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

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 of the sons of Asaph: Zakkur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of 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 Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, and Shimei, and Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp in giving thanks and praising YHWH.

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

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 Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. God gave to Heman 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 were under the hands of their father for song in the house of YHWH, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of God's house; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

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

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

8 And they cast lots, watch with watch, the small as the great, the teacher as the pupil.

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 Now the first lot came out for Asaph of Joseph, his sons and his brothers, twelve; the second to Gedaliah, his brothers and his sons, 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 to Zakkur, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

11 the fourth to Zeri, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

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

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

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

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

14 the seventh to Asarelah, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18 the eleventh to Uzziel, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 for the fifteenth to Jerimoth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28 for the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

29 for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

30 for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brothers, twelve:

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

31 for the four and twentieth to Romamti-Ezer, his sons and his brothers, twelve.

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